Does microcredit increase household welfare in the absence of microinsurance?

JO Akotey, CKD Adjasi - World development, 2016 - Elsevier
This study answers the question: Does a combination of microcredit and microinsurance
improve the wellbeing of low-income households? We examine this challenge through …

The off-farm income and organic food expenditure nexus: Empirical evidence from rural Ghana

M Ankrah Twumasi, H Zheng, IO Asante… - Cogent Food & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study uses evidence gathered from survey responses from 572 rural households in
Ghana to examine the link between organic expenditure and off-farm income. To solve the …

Financial literacy and its determinants: The case of rural farm households in Ghana

M Ankrah Twumasi, Y Jiang, S Adhikari… - Agricultural Finance …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to examine the determinants of rural dwellers financial literacy in
Ghana. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional primary data set was used to …

Spatial analysis of the effect of microfinance on poverty and inequality in Ghana

EF Oteng-Abayie, K Amanor, AK Osei-Fosu - Journal of Social and …, 2023 - Springer
Although microfinance is usually delivered with a spatial outlook, the literature is so far silent
on the potential spatial effect of microfinance delivery. The aim of this study was, therefore, to …

Effects of access to credit and income on dietary diversity in Ghana

SK Annim, RB Frempong - Food Security, 2018 - Springer
While the relationship between income and food security is well established, a case for the
effect of credit on food security remains rather limited. This study examined the relationship …

Do agricultural package programs improve the welfare of rural people? Evidence from smallholder farmers in Ethiopia

A Teka, SK Lee - Agriculture, 2020 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this paper is to assess the welfare status and analyze the impact of
participation in farm package programs on the welfare of smallholder farmers. We used …

Access to credit and farmland abandonment nexus: The case of rural Ghana

M Ankrah Twumasi, Y Jiang… - Natural Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Credit has been identified as an essential tool to improve poor households' livelihood.
Therefore, for rural farm households to improve their welfare and invest in productive …

Off-farm employment and agricultural credit fungibility nexus in rural Ghana

M Ankrah Twumasi, AA Chandio, GR Sargani, I Asare… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study examined the impact of off-farm employment on rural household agriculture credit
fungibility (CF) using survey data collected from four regions in Ghana; however, the study …

Loan refusal, household income and savings in Ghana: a dominance analysis approach

I Koomson, SK Annim… - African Journal of …, 2016 - inderscienceonline.com
Many loan applicants and households face the problem of loan refusal but researchers
passively discuss it and do not consider discussing its intensity. This paper uses the fifth …

[PDF][PDF] Role of microcredit in improving the food security status of the rural poor women: evidence from Bangladesh

S Haque - Journal of Business, 2021 - researchgate.net
Purpose-Rural poor women in Bangladesh were provided microcredit support by the
microcredit providers for improving their living standard. However, it is still unclear whether …