期刊名称：Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development
印刷版ISSN：2222-2855
电子版ISSN：2222-2855
出版年度：2014
卷号：5
期号：7
页码：89-95
语种：English
出版社：The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE)
摘要：This study evaluated the impact of microfinance on overall household financial position, accumulation of household assets and quality of life of the First Microfinance Bank (FMFB) client’s in urban zone of District Quetta. The field data was collected through structured questionnaires from 75 clients i.e. 57 members from treatment group and 18 members from control group by employing the quasi-experimental design. The Chi-square tests results showed that the microfinance has a positive and significant impact on overall household financial position whereas, it has improved the households’ assets and qualities of life, however, the impact were insignificant among members of treatment group. It has also been observed that the clients were more interested to invest in manufacturing business activities than trading and services activities respectively. Key w ords: Microfinance, Microenterprise, Household Assets, Quality of Life.
