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Constraints in Accessing Credit for SMEs to Acquire Capital from Microfinacial Institution’s -Tanzania

Received: 31 March 2017     Accepted: 25 April 2017     Published: 30 May 2017
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The objective of this study was to illustrate, the constraints in accessing credit for SMEs to acquire capital from micro financial institutions as regards business capacity, default risk premium, and liquidity risk premium. The plan, which was engaged in this study, was descriptive assessment. The aim of adopting this method was to gather comprehensive, systematic and in-depth information about the restriction of SMEs to access credit from MFIs. The sample size of the study was 100 SME’s known as (clients) and 50 MFI’s operated in Tanzania. Data were collected through a questionnaire and interview. SPSS software was used for data analysis. There was a strong negative correlation between default risk premium and liquidity risk premium and positive correlation between business capacity and loan repayment. The study recommended that in order to reduce the burden of interest amount to be paid by their clients, MFIs should be reduced interest rate to cover its costs and obtain normal profits, also should train their clients about business knowledge, the importance of keeping business records and techniques of valuing business capacity to enable their clients to measure their business capacity and know the appropriate amount of loan to be applied for their businesses.

Published in International Journal of Accounting, Finance and Risk Management (Volume 2, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijafrm.20170202.16
Page(s) 84-91
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Keywords

Microfinance Institutions, Business Capacity, Default Risk Premium, Liquidity Risk Premium, Loan Repayment and Interest Rate

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