Comparison in Japan and France about Microcredit

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530759
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Bukkyo University
• Principal Investigator: SATO Junko 佛教大学, 福祉教育開発センター, 講師 (80329995)
• Research Collaborator: SHIGETO Yukari
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: マイクロクレジット / 生活福祉資金貸付事業 / 金融包摂施策 / フランス共和国 / アメリカ合衆国 / ケーススタディ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research is study which tried to approach from sociology, social welfare science and economics about Microcredit in Japan, United States and France forward capitalistic country by casestudy.There is a feature of the study results in the following 3 points.The point in Japan，Microcredit institutional design has changed from “poverty prevention” into “ poverty assistance”　that recent years' change was showed．The 2nd point was the necessity of flexible credit management and “Accompagnement”with borrowers.The 3rd point is in United States and France, it was clear that Microcredit works as the financial subsuming policy and upbringing low-income groups.

Free Research Field

社会福祉学