2023 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
The Impact of Credit-Plus microfinance training on social outcomes
| Project/Area Number |
21K01488
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| Research Institution | International Christian University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2026-03-31
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| Keywords | microcredit / microfinance / entrepreneurship / credit constraint / training / accelerator / incubator / credit plus |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This academic year, 令和5年度・AY2023 (4/2023-3/2024), preliminary quantitative and qualitative analysis results were written up as an academic study. That study was shared with the board of the partner microfinance institution for feedback.
Feedback from the board was incorporated into revised empirical analysis and written communication of the results of the analysis.The results of the analysis of the pilot year program were shared orally at a panel discussion organized at International Christian University on Accelerators for Sustainable Transformation. I contributed to the discussion from the perspective of the Accelerator function of the “Entrepreneurial Mindset”. The results of the analysis of the pilot year program were communicated in written format as they were published as a book chapter.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
4: Progress in research has been delayed.
Reason
The coronavirus pandemic and political instability made the original research proposal, which involved field work in Sri Lanka, impossible to carry out as planned. An alternative microfinance organization was identified for study. However, the pandemic resulted in a smaller number of participants in the pilot year of that program than anticipated.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Further field work with the current partner institution, this time studying the first year of the program and planned. Field work may include contact with another alternative collaborating partner.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Funds carried forward to this year, the fourth year of the project, 令和6年・AY2024, are tentatively planned for further field work in the first year of the program with the current partner institution. The field work time may also be used to identify an alternative collaborating partner.
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