Effect of dividend policy on market price per share of commercial banks in Nepal
Date
2022
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Department of Management
Abstract
Poverty is the problem of every developing country. Nepal is one of them where 17.4
% people are multidimensional Poor. Economically weak and poor households are in
the rural parts of Nepal.
This is a case study conducted at Dhading district of Nepal, where researcher
selected Neelakantha Municipality for the research. This study seeks the impact of
microfinance in the poverty alleviation of the microfinance clients. This study is based
on primary data and structured questionnaires are used as face to face interview. This
study applies memory recall method to assess the past information about economy. In
total, 300 households are interviewed to understand the impact of microfinance. Data
are analyzed by using appropriate statistical tools and percentage analysis as well as
described by tables and figures. Descriptive research design is used to collect the
data and to know about behavior of respondents by convenient sampling technique.
Study revealed that the annual average monthly income was increased due to the
microfinance's financial services. Majority of clients benefitted from the microfinance
in different sectors as food sufficiency, education, health facilities, loans, shelter and
diversification of income sources.
Therefore, the microfinance played significant role in both uplifting the living
standards and alleviation of poverty. This study is important for policy makers to
provide much clearer guidance for anti-poverty policy on the basis of different
dimensions, areas and demographic distribution.
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Dividend policy, Commercial banks