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"Luigi Luzzatti, «pionero del crédito popular»" (Luigi Luzzatti, "a popular credit pioneer") [PDF]
Boletín de la Asociación Internacional de Derecho Cooperativo, 2012 Luigi Luzzati, Italian professor and politician, is considered to be one of the «fathers» of credit unions and also one of the major advocates of public protectionist policy.
Javier Divar Garteiz-Aurrecoa
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Building Community Assets: A Guide to Credit Union Partnerships [PDF]
, 2006 The purpose of this guide is to help community organizations enable their members to join a mainstream credit union and begin building modest assets. Many credit unions offer financial products and services tailored to the needs of low-income people, but
Marva Williams, Valjean McLenighan
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The Role of Certifications in Improving Household Food Security Among Peruvian Farmers
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Achieving global food security requires sustainable transformations in agri‐food systems. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic and Fairtrade aim to internalize certain social and environmental costs while promoting more equitable value distribution, improved market access, and sustainable production practices.
Lisa‐Marie Schulte, Awudu Abdulai
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Membership structure, competition, and occupational credit union deposit rates [PDF]
How do occupational credit unions set deposit rates? This article shows that the answer to this question will depend on (i) who actually makes business decisions in credit unions (who is in control), and (ii) whether local deposit market competition is ...
Frank A. Schmid, William R. Emmons
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Alternative Policy Designs to Help Farmers Select Profitable Conservation Practices
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Voluntary private carbon initiatives (VPCIs) promote the implementation of agricultural conservation practices that mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) via financial incentives to participating farmers. Simultaneously, an array of public policies supports the adoption of conservation practices through technical and financial ...
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn +1 more
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Heritage and Sustainable DevelopmentCredit unions are key players in promoting sustainable development by incorporating economic, social, and environmental aspects into their structure and operation.
Ximena Patricia Granizo Espinoza +3 more
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.This study presents a multitask strategy for plastic cleanup with autonomous surface vehicles, combining exploration and cleaning phases. A two‐headed Deep Q‐Network shared by all agents is traineded via multiobjective reinforcement learning, producing a Pareto front of trade‐offs.
Dame Seck +4 more
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Competitive advantage: a study of the federal tax exemption for credit unions [PDF]
This study evaluates the federal tax exemption for credit unions. It reviews the industry’s history, its unique exemption, the motivation behind this tax treatment, the eroding case for special treatment, the size of the tax break and its effects on ...
Tatom, John
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A Standardized Framework for Elastomer Characterization in Soft Robotics
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.A unified framework addresses inconsistent elastomer property reporting which limits reproducibility and standardization in soft robotics. Systematic testing of ten elastomers (thermosetting, thermoplastic, and a covalent adaptable network) provides quasielastic mechanical properties, viscoelastic parameters, thermal stability, and processing ...
Ellen Roels +2 more
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