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MICRO CREDIT SYSTEM FOR INCREASING FEMALE EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN TURKEY

Year 2017, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 100 - 114, 01.02.2017

Abstract

Women labor participation rate is very low in Turkey. Although the government
incentive policies have relatively improved, positive developments expected in this
area have not taken place at the desired level. The micro-credit scheme aiming at
providing relatively smaller amount of loans to entrepreneur women to start their
business began in 1980s in the world, and became operational in our country at
the beginning of 2000s. Currently, certain level of successful is observed through
in many Turkish provinces through this system. To this day, nearly 200 thousand
female entrepreneur established their business through small capital provided by
the micro credit system in Turkey. Moreover, they have already paid back all the
loans that they used. In this study, the application of micro-credit system for
increasing female participation in labor force and business life is investigated.
The labor participation level of women in Turkey has remained quite low.
Although the government incentive policies have relatively provided improvement,
the positive developments expected in this area have not taken place at the desired
level. The micro-credit scheme aiming at providing relatively lower amount of
loans to women to start their business began in 1980s in the world, and became
operational in our country at the beginning of 2000s. Currently, we see successful
work is done through this scheme in many Turkish provinces. In this study, the
application of micro-credit system for increasing the participation of women in
working life is elaborated.

Year 2017, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 100 - 114, 01.02.2017

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Other ID JA55DY68RH
Journal Section Research Article
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Şenol Yaprak This is me

Publication Date February 1, 2017
Published in Issue Year 2017 Volume: 9 Issue: 1

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APA Yaprak, Ş. (2017). MICRO CREDIT SYSTEM FOR INCREASING FEMALE EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN TURKEY. International Journal of Economics and Finance Studies, 9(1), 100-114.
AMA Yaprak Ş. MICRO CREDIT SYSTEM FOR INCREASING FEMALE EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN TURKEY. IJEFS. February 2017;9(1):100-114.
Chicago Yaprak, Şenol. “MICRO CREDIT SYSTEM FOR INCREASING FEMALE EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN TURKEY”. International Journal of Economics and Finance Studies 9, no. 1 (February 2017): 100-114.
EndNote Yaprak Ş (February 1, 2017) MICRO CREDIT SYSTEM FOR INCREASING FEMALE EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN TURKEY. International Journal of Economics and Finance Studies 9 1 100–114.
IEEE Ş. Yaprak, “MICRO CREDIT SYSTEM FOR INCREASING FEMALE EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN TURKEY”, IJEFS, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 100–114, 2017.
ISNAD Yaprak, Şenol. “MICRO CREDIT SYSTEM FOR INCREASING FEMALE EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN TURKEY”. International Journal of Economics and Finance Studies 9/1 (February 2017), 100-114.
JAMA Yaprak Ş. MICRO CREDIT SYSTEM FOR INCREASING FEMALE EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN TURKEY. IJEFS. 2017;9:100–114.
MLA Yaprak, Şenol. “MICRO CREDIT SYSTEM FOR INCREASING FEMALE EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN TURKEY”. International Journal of Economics and Finance Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, 2017, pp. 100-14.
Vancouver Yaprak Ş. MICRO CREDIT SYSTEM FOR INCREASING FEMALE EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN TURKEY. IJEFS. 2017;9(1):100-14.