Accessibility to microcredit and its impact on small and medium sized enterprises' performance in Malaysia : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University

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Accessibility to microcredit and its impact on small and medium sized enterprises' performance in Malaysia : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University

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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a crucial role in Malaysia’s economic growth by creating employment, generating income and stimulating growth. However, access to finance among SMEs lags behind larger enterprises, which obstructs the growth and development of SMEs. The limitation of the formal financial institutions in providing credit to low-income groups such as SMEs gave rise to microfinance programs. The Central Bank of Malaysia has designed a micro financial institution fra...

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Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2018

Creator

Hj Mohd Ruslan, Rafiatul Adlin

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https://hdl.handle.net/10182/10184

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accessibility / impact / microcredit / SME / Malaysia / propensity score matching / microfinance / Finance / Banking, Finance and Investment not elsewhere classified

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