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Microcrédito y reducción de la pobreza en la región de Huancavelica, Perú, 2009 - 2019

Translated title of the contribution: MICROCREDIT AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN THE HUANCAVELICA REGION, PERU, 2009 - 2019

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Abstract

The objective of this work is to demonstrate that microfinance has contributed to the reduction of monetary poverty, in its population dimension with at least one Unsatisfied Basic Need (UBN), in the Huancavelica region, in the period 2009 - 2019. data from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) and the Superintendence of Banking and Insurance of Peru (SBS) and Pension Fund Administrators (AFP), an econometric model was estimated to explain poverty based on microcredit and the number of offices of Microfinance Institutions (MFI). The results of the research show that monetary poverty expressed in its percentage dimension of the population living with at least one average NBI was reduced by 0.00059% due to the effect of direct credits from MFIs and due to the effect of the number of MFI offices. operating in the Huancavelica region at 42.97%.

Translated title of the contributionMICROCREDIT AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN THE HUANCAVELICA REGION, PERU, 2009 - 2019
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)635-640
Number of pages6
JournalUniversidad y Sociedad
Volume14
Issue numberS1
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2022

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
    SDG 1 No Poverty
  2. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  3. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

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