Vero RecordArchive

International records / OpenAlex research

Urban Women Entrepreneurs' Access to Microcredit: A Mixed-Methods Examination of Legal Frameworks in Lagos, Nigeria

Urban women entrepreneurs in Lagos, Nigeria face significant barriers to accessing microcredit due to inadequate legal support and enforcement. A mixed-methods approach combining qualitative interviews with quantitative survey data collected from a purposive sample of 150 urban women entrepreneurs across various sectors. Microcredit access was found to be significantly hindered by ambiguous legal definitions of microenterprise and lack of specific regulations for women's economic empowerment, as evidenced by a survey response proportion of 42% indicating inadequate legal support. Legal framewo…

No file is held for this record yet. The catalogue entry and the link to where it was published are kept.