TY - CHAP AB - Abstract The subject of this study developed from a personal interest in the financial crisis of developing countries. This chapter will try to give direction to the attractiveness of micro-credit and empowerment between the UK-based women small-scale entrepreneur and women microfinance-based entrepreneur who live in developing countries.This chapter will exemplify that debt is not an effective tool for helping most poor women to enhance their economic conditions also the state of management of microfinance-based enterprises. This chapter proposes microfinance insights points to areas where new research is desirable, particularly around possibilities and constraints for serving poor women and social effects. VL - 10 SN - 978-1-78635-626-0, 978-1-78635-625-3/2043-0523 DO - 10.1108/S2043-052320160000010004 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2043-052320160000010004 AU - Naser M. Abu AU - Crowther David PY - 2016 Y1 - 2016/01/01 TI - Microfinance and Women Empowerment T2 - Corporate Responsibility and Stakeholding T3 - Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 49 EP - 65 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -