IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF MICROCREDIT PROGRAMMES ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC LIFE OF WOMEN IN THE RURAL FARMING COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL REGION OF GHANA

In order to make the major thrust of this study, which is to ascertain the impact of microcredit on socio-economic life of women in the Central Region of Ghana a reality, this research work seeks to: assess and compare changes in the socio-economic situations of beneficiary and non-beneficiary women and their households; investigate the extent to which microcredit programme interventions have empowered women; examine the relationship between the socio-economic situations of women and microcredit programme interventions, socio-demographic characteristics of the women, and socioeconomic characteristics of the women; and ascertain how microcredit programme interventions explain/affect changes in the socio-economic situations of women, and their empowerment.