... in urban slums. The study demonstrates how access to basic credit financial services through social assistance programmes has improved the lives of urban poor households living in slums and assisted them in escaping poverty. Research limitations/implications The investigation was undertaken among a few...

... Publishing Limited 2014 Microfinance Urban poor Credit unions Financial inclusion Haiti Social consciousness In post-earthquake Haiti, the disaster has exposed the deepening vulnerability and poverty between the “haves” and “have-nots” and women disproportionately less better off...