Enterprising Psychometrics and Poverty Reduction

• Main Authors: Klinger, Bailey (Author), Khwaja, Asim Ijaz (Author), del Carpio, Carlos (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Finance.; Industrial psychology.; Psychology > Methodology.; Psychological measurement.; Industrial, Organisational and Economic Psychology.; Psychological Methods/Evaluation.; Finance, general.

As the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals draws near, one of the most critical--global poverty reduction--remains at best a work in progress. But as emerging markets beckon millions of aspiring business owners to set up shop, age-old barriers to funding prevent them from getting started....

Table of Contents:

• Innovations in Poverty Reduction: An Introduction
• The Development Problem
• A Psychology-Enabled Solution to small and medium-sized enterprise finance
• Methodology
• Results and Discussions.