RURAL FINANCE

Module Description:

This module is aiming at providing the students with an understanding of problems of rural people accessing the financial services and special challenges of rural areas that are traditionally associated with rural and agricultural credit directed to the poor.

Rural finance provide an awareness of the importance of rural finance in development and the difficult history and learning that has taken place. To understand thoroughly the challenges and issues in rural finance. Understand level of comprehension and participant suggestions from feedback discussion.

Learning outcomes:

Having successfully completed the module, you should be able to:

(1)Demonstrate knowledge on the forces that affect rural finance and marketing

(2) Analyse historical rural finance aspects

(3) Specify non-linear models 

(4) Analyse the model and interpret the results through hypothesis testing

(5) Be able to handle some of the practical consequences in the regression analysis

(6) Be familiar with the use of SPSS in the analysis of econometric models

(7) Apply econometrics  and modelling in agricultural problem solving

(8) Collect and analysis data for empirical analysis

(9) Analyse problems with help of appropriate tools and define and evaluate relationships between agricultural phenomena

(10) Write a report especially during their assignments

(11) Present the results from analysis by linking the economic theory and economic principles.

(12) Independently carry out a field survey

(13) Conduct data analysis and report writing