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The Uncertainties in the World of Microfinance
DisclosureDespite the shifts and shocks, microfinance overcomes the obstacles by making adjustments for the people. The most crucial principle is to ensure people get what they want and need for their businesses.
Nur Aifiah Binti Ibrahim
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Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Access to finance is critical for rural non‐farm self‐employment businesses in Southeast Asia, but financial constraints and gender discrimination impede their growth. Existing literature largely overlooks vulnerable groups like rural household businesses.
Chung Thanh Phan +3 more
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Predicting Discounts of Secondary Market Sovereign Debts [PDF]
This paper assesses the Institutional Investor Country Risk Rating (IICR) to analyze whether secondary market prices are reliable indicators of debt values.
Palac-McMiken, Evanor D.
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Social polarization, social institutions, and country creditworthiness [PDF]
The literature argues that the presence of multiple veto players (government decisionmakers) with polarized interests increases the credibility of sovereign commitments, but reduces the ability of governments to adjust policies in the event of exogenous ...
Keefer, Philip, Knack, Stephen
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Democracy, Public Debt Transparency, and Sovereign Creditworthiness
Social Science Research Network, 2022 Ben Cormier
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2023 Presidential Address: Dignity and Denigration in Economic Life
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sociologists have long addressed the puzzles posed by dignity. In The Polish Peasant, families went out of their way to provide a decent burial for their loved ones, even when social workers and others schooled in financial literacy advised against it. In some communities suffering from fracking, those who arrived to advocate for environmental
Frederick F. Wherry
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The Financial Status and Local Credit Market Conditions of U.S. Farms Engaged in Multiple Borrowing
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Volume 48, Issue 1, Page 266-277, March 2026.ABSTRACT Agricultural producers often borrow from multiple lenders, raising concerns about credit risk and monitoring. We construct detailed farm‐level measures of how debt is distributed across lenders and examine how farm financial status and the physical presence of local lenders are linked to this practice.
Sylvanus Gaku +3 more
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Creditor Rights and Legal Transaction Costs
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Volume 23, Issue 1, Page 4-23, March 2026.ABSTRACT I estimate the relationship between increased creditor rights and legal expenditures of debtor corporations by evaluating a securitization law in India allowing secured creditors to seize collateral. The law reduced spending on legal proceedings used by firms to avoid foreclosure, because debt‐related litigation decreased.
Dhruv Chand Aggarwal
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STANDING'S PLACE AND ROLE IN THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMIC ENTITY [PDF]
In this paper, the authors present the methods of determining the company\'s financial standing, based on its financial reporting. Hence, in the debate are included concepts commonly used in financial literature and banking practice such as credit ...
Batrancea Larissa-Margareta +2 more
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Journal of Management Studies, Volume 63, Issue 2, Page 366-398, March 2026.Abstract With organizations increasingly relying on predictive artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for decision‐making, experts lose the authority to overrule AI‐generated decisions yet remain responsible for presenting them to clients. As experts depend on clients’ recognition and approval of decisions, this shift presents a critical disruption ...
Anne‐Sophie Mayer +2 more
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