De la exclusión al empoderamiento: evaluación del impacto del microcrédito en la mejora de la vida económica de las mujeres

Palabras clave:

Mejora de la vida económica, Empoderamiento, Sostenibilidad, Desigualdad, Pequeña y mediana empresa, Microcrédito

Resumen

Esta investigación analiza la vida económica de las mujeres en Bahawalpur, en la región sur de Punjab, Pakistán, con un énfasis particular en el empoderamiento personal. Se examinan las características clave del microcrédito, incluyendo la duración del préstamo, el monto del préstamo, la capacitación relacionada con el préstamo, el propósito del préstamo y el tipo de préstamo. Los datos se obtuvieron a través de una encuesta y se analizaron utilizando modelos logit multinomial y probit. Las tres categorías de situación económica utilizadas en el estudio fueron: empeorada, igual y mejorada. Los resultados sugieren que la probabilidad de un deterioro en las circunstancias económicas de las mujeres disminuye a medida que aumenta la duración del préstamo. De hecho, el impacto del propósito del préstamo y del monto del préstamo no es completamente evidente; en ciertos casos, se ha determinado que su efecto es algo débil o ambiguo. Los hallazgos indican que el éxito del microcrédito depende de la estructura del préstamo, así como del apoyo y la disponibilidad de fondos asociados.

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Biografía del autor/a

Ali Junaid Khan, Islamia University of Bahawalpur

PhD, Assistant Professor -  Institute of Business, Management & Administrative Sciences

Sana Fayyaz , Bahauddin Zakariya University

PhD, Assistant Professor - Department of Economics

Iza Gigauri, University of Georgia

PhD, Professor - Department of Business Administration, School of Business and Administrative Studies

Subuhi Khan, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University

PhD, Assistant Professor - Department of Management, College of Business Administration

Felix-Angel Popescu, Agora University of Oradea

Ph.D. Lecturer - Faculty of Economic Sciences, Agora University of Oradea. Vice-Rector for Research and Internationalization - Agora University of Oradea

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Publicado
2025-12-11
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Khan, A. J., Fayyaz , S., Gigauri, I., Khan, S., & Popescu, F.-A. (2025). De la exclusión al empoderamiento: evaluación del impacto del microcrédito en la mejora de la vida económica de las mujeres. Revista de Economía Mundial, 71, 113-133. https://doi.org/10.33776/EUHU/rem.v71i.8612
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