Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Access to credit plays a crucial role in the economic development of poor women. Social capital is a significant factor in augmenting loan amounts for impoverished women to increase credit access. A comprehensive assessment of the impact of social capital on poor women’s credit access is imperative. This study utilizes survey data from 114 impoverished women in Ha Tinh province, combined with Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression, to ascertain the influence of social capital on poor women’s credit access. The research findings reveal that social capital significantly impacts poor women’s credit access through three dimensions: formal networks, informal networks, and trust. Moreover, the study demonstrates that loan characteristics and the attributes of borrowers and households also substantially influencepoor women’s credit access in Ha Tinh province, Vietnam.
Author: Viet Dung Doan
Institution: National Economics University
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4402941695