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Loan Guarantee Programs for Small-Scale Borrowers: Are They Working? [PDF]

Investigation whether small-scale borrowings are effective or not indicate the failure of loan guarantees to stimulate the target groups. While it has some merits to boasts, results show that the programs, being subsidy dependent, lead to its ...
Llanto, Gilberto M., Orbeta, Aniceto Jr. C.   +1 more
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Young children's right to be heard on the quality of their education: Addressing potential misunderstandings in the context of early childhood education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In early childhood education many researchers and professionals across the world have embraced the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child's requirement to include young children in decision‐making. In the context of ongoing discussion about young children's capacity to share their views and opinions about matters affecting them ...
Laura Lundy, Colette Murray, Kylie Smith, Carmel Ward   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic review and future directions for AI-driven detection of fraud patterns in SACCO transactions. [PDF]

Front Artif Intell
Ampumuza D, Katushabe C, Tamale M.
europepmc   +1 more source

A systematic review of facilitators and barriers to school staff development projects using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper is a systematic literature review (SLR) of research published between 2009 and 2022 that aims to identify facilitators and barriers to implementing staff development projects (SDPs) in schools in England. Twelve research papers fulfilled all inclusion criteria and were each evaluated as being at least medium‐quality research.
David Preston, Pamela Qualter, Kevin Woods   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Traversing the multiple nested geographies of NUTs based entrepreneurial ecosystems. [PDF]

J Technol Transf
Cowling M, Brown R, Yang H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Green Loans and Their Impact on CO2 Reduction: Evidence from credit guarantee scheme-backed loans in Albania

Besiana Lika, Llesh Lleshaj
openalex   +1 more source

Structuring International Financial Support for Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries [PDF]

In the Copenhagen Accord of December 2009, developed countries agreed to provide start-up finance for adaptation in developing countries and expressed the ambition to scale this up to $100 billion per year by 2020.
Emmanuel Guerin, Helen Jackson, Jean Charles Hourcade, John Ward, Karsten Neuhoff, Ranjita Rajan, Sam Fankhauser   +6 more
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Does education policy affect teachers' learning needs? An international comparison of trends in teachers' continuing professional learning needs in secondary schools in Australia, England, Japan and the Netherlands

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Education policy changes are believed to influence teachers' continuing professional learning (CPL) needs, but there is limited empirical evidence to support these claims. This lack of deep understanding has significant practical implications. This study used a new circular conceptual framework to analyse teachers' CPL needs. Leveraging public
Rikkert M. van der Lans, Remmert Daas, Joost Jansen in de Wal, Elaine Wilson, Noriyuki Inoue, Tracy L. Durksen, Frank Cornelissen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Interventions to Improve Access to Financial Services for Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Evidence and Gap Map. [PDF]

Campbell Syst Rev
Dela Cruz NAO, Villanueva ACB, Tolin L, Disse S, Lensink R, White H.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Analysis of Partial Effects of Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund on Outputs in Nigerias Agricultural Subsectors

, 2017
Akerele Dare, Ashaolu Olumuyiwa Fowowe, Sanusi Rahman Akintayo, Egbetade Adedolapo   +3 more
openalex   +1 more source