NDLI: Islamic Microfinance Participation among Women Entrepreneurs in Malaysia: A Conceptual Framework

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Islamic Microfinance Participation among Women Entrepreneurs in Malaysia: A Conceptual Framework

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Thambiah, Seethaletchumy Muthaiyah, Saravanan
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Islamic microfinance is a socio-economic development approach, aimed at providing financial as well as social intermediation. However, it has been discovered that women entrepreneurs, particularly those who run microenterprises in Malaysia, seem to be limited in obtaining Islamic micro financing facilities compared to their male counterparts. Women play a pivotal role in the nation's economic development of the as well as generating income for their families. These facts have driven the present study, which is aimed to investigate the factors that motivate and that impede the participation of women entrepreneurs, specifically microenterprise owners, in Islamic microfinance schemes in Malaysia. The Delphi technique and survey are employed to collect data for this research. Content analysis and descriptive analysis are conducted on the responses obtained and Structural Equation Modeling is used to build the study model. The factors that significantly influence Islamic Microfinance participation among women entrepreneurs in microenterprises, as well as the factors that act as barriers will be determined. The mediating effect of IMF participation on uplifting the socio-economic status of women entrepreneurs will be examined. The research is expected to provide compelling insight into factors that motivate and factors that hinder women entrepreneurs' participation in Islamic microfinance schemes, in particular micro-enterprise owners and the effect of these women's participation on elevating their socio- economic standards, in the context of a developing economy like Malaysia. A model will be developed to address the problem faced by women micro-business owners in obtaining micro-financing aid in Malaysia.
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Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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