TY  - CHAP
AB  - Purpose The chapter looks for the conditions of a contribution of microcredit to poverty alleviation.Methodology/approach It uses socioeconomical hypotheses for defining a direct and fast positive effect of microcredit on the income of the poorest. The contribution raises ten issues or conditions at a micro, meso and macro level.Findings It is not often that these ten conditions are all completely met. So, the impact of microcredit is generally low as regards the alleviation of poverty. The problems to achieve them are linked to the specificities of the clients and of the prevailing institutions in various sub-Saharan Africa countries.Originality/value The chapter clearly identifies the limits of microcredit and their reasons.
VL  - 10
SN  - 978-1-78560-980-0, 978-1-78560-979-4/2043-9059
DO  - 10.1108/S2043-905920160000010028
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2043-905920160000010028
AU  - Servet Jean-Michel
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - Why Has Microcredit Had Such a Limited Impact on the Reduction of Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa?
T2  - Finance Reconsidered: New Perspectives for a Responsible and Sustainable Finance
T3  - Critical Studies on Corporate Responsibility, Governance and Sustainability
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 199
EP  - 227
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -