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    Accessibility to micro-finance services by people with disabilities in Bushenyi district, Uganda

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    2012-02-16
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    Nuwagaba, Ephraim L.
    Nakabugo, Millie
    Tumukunde, Meldah
    Ngirabakunzi, Edson
    Hartley, Sally
    Wade, Angie
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    The Poverty Reduction Strategy of the Ugandan Government identified provision of microfinance as one of its interventions. Despite the known connection between poverty and people with disabilities, it remains unclear to what extent this intervention includes or accommodates them. This study seeks to gain a better understanding of how people with physical and sensory disabilities access existing microfinance services in the Bushenyi District of Uganda. Qualitative and quantitative methodologies are used. The findings suggest that people with disabilities are not necessarily denied access to microfinance if they meet the desired requirements. These relate to adequate savings or collateral and perceived trustworthiness. These are seen to be key determinants of success and can be linked to impaired functioning relating to limited mobility, distance, poorer access to information and disabled people’s own negative attitudes. Increasing access and utilization of microfinance services by people with disabilities requires formulation of financial policies that accord them special consideration. At the same time, improvement is needed in the knowledge, attitudes and skills of the people with disabilities themselves and also microfinance providers.
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    https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2011.644929
    https://kyuspace.kyu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/20.500.12504/390
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