2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Comparative Study on Microfinance and in the Middle Eastern Arab Countries and Their Impacts
| Project/Area Number |
20520713
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Cultural anthropology/Folklore
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| Research Institution | J. F. Oberlin University |
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Principal Investigator |
TAKAKI Keiko 桜美林大学, 人文学系, 教授 (60211330)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2011
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| Keywords | マイクロファイナンス / 中東諸国 / 雇用創出 / ジェンダー格差是正 / 民主化 |
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| Research Abstract |
The microfinance(MF) is generally considered to have the positive impacts on the reduction of poverty and on the job-creation. This research project aimed to survey the actual situation of the MF industries in the Middle Eastern Arab countries and their impacts. In the first year of this project, the global financial crisis broke out which naturally affected the MFIs in this region. In 2011, the democratization movement so called "Arab Spring" begun from Tunisia spread to most of the Arab countries. These events made me realize the dynamism of the realities and I enlarged my perspective to consider the development and governance. Although the research theme was altered, I could get some research results and have published several articles concerning these incidents.
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