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
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology,
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Applied psychology.; Psychological tests and testing.; Psychology.; Industrial, Organisational and Economic Psychology.; Psychological Methods/Evaluation.; Finance/Investment/Banking.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7227-8

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.