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" A Relevância do Microcrédito e o seu Impacto nas MPEs de Timor Leste e na Redução da Pobreza "
Belo, Teresa Freitas
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1052839
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TL51956
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Belo, Teresa Freitas
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A Relevância do Microcrédito e o seu Impacto nas MPEs de Timor Leste e na Redução da Pobreza\ Belo, Teresa Freitas
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Universidade de Evora (Portugal)
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2019
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Ph.D.
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2019
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97 p.
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Microcredit has an important role in the growth and productivity of the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in East Timor, also on poverty reduction in other countries. The objective of this thesis, comprised of four essays, is to provide empirical evidence of the impact of microcredit on the growth and productivity of MSEs and poverty reduction of a selected set of specific factors. As microcredit is still a relevant issue of concern for some countries, due to their considerable role and functions for the growth and productivity of MSEs, the first paper performs an empirical analysis of MSEs data obtained with the application of a questionnaire in Dili, East Timor. The second paper examines the impact of microcredit on MSEs growth in Dili, East Timor, controlling for MSE age and size, micro saving and also for the firms' activity sector, firm’s investment type and the gender of the owner/manager of the firm, with 1-year data. The third paper examines the impact of microcredit on the productivity (measured by single factor productivity (SFP), total factor productivity (TFP) and labor productivity (LP)) of MSEs in East Timor, with 1-year data. Lastly, the fourth paper examines the impact of microcredit, job creation, inflation rates and education on poverty reduction, controlling for income and its distribution, in East Timor, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia, Pakistan, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal, and Srilanka, with data from 2007-2016. The results obtained suggest that: (i) the microcredit had a significant contribution on the growth and productivity of MSEs; (ii) the microcredit had positive impact on the growth of MSEs; (iii) the microcredit had a positive impact on MSEs productivity; and (iv) microcredit had a significant impact on the poverty reduction.
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Economics
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Southeast Asian studies
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Universidade de Evora (Portugal)
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