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Microfinance and economic development [PDF]

, 2017
Microfinance is generally seen as a way to fix credit markets and unleash the productive capacities of poor people who are dependent on self-employment. The microfinance sector has grown quickly since the 1990s, paving the way for other forms of social enterprise and social investment. But recent evidence shows only modest average impacts on customers,
Cull, Robert, Morduch, Jonathan
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Pathways and pitfalls: a qualitative study of student experiences in biomedical science education

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Biomedical science students from underrepresented backgrounds face barriers including financial strain, disrupted laboratory access and cultural exclusion. Peer networks provide vital support when institutional systems are difficult to navigate. To create inclusive learning environments and achieve academic success, educators should blend active, hands‐
Olivia J. Russell, Cassy Ross, Panagiota S. Filippou, Bruno Silvester Lopes, Dominic Gilchrist, Paul Dean, Kamar Ameen‐Ali, Tora K. Smulders‐Srinivasan, Ahmad A. Khundakar   +8 more
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Kansas' position in the shift to the sunbelt.

, 1978
Provides a brief overview of the changing growth patterns that have recently occurred and then analyze whether Kansas and the regions of which it is a part have been able to benefit from that changing ...
Kansas. Department of Economic Development. Planning and Community Development Division.
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Inter-American Development Bank Sustainability Report 2020: Global Reporting Initiative Annex [PDF]

, 2021
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sets global standards for sustainability reporting, relying on best practices for reporting on a range of economic, environmental, and social impacts. This is the IDBs fifth GRI annex, prepared as a supplement to the
Inter-American Development Bank
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From patient advocacy to patient‐driven research: Building active partnerships beginning at the bench to reach the bedside

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Research is strongest when conducted alongside patients, not just about them. Patient research organizations help integrate patient perspectives into research priorities, study design, and scientific meetings, leading to meaningful patient outcomes and development of relevant therapies.
Jenica H. Kakadia, Rachel Heilmann, Maximiliano Barrientos, Laura MacNeill, Ingrid Vallee, Sarah K. Schultz, Patrick O'Donoghue, Angelica A. Moresco, Victoria M. Siu, Ilka U. Heinemann   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Household ICT Utilization and Food Security Nexus in Nigeria

International Journal of Food Science, 2021
The study examines the nexus between household ICT utilization and food security in Nigeria, which supports goal 2 of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that aims to “end hunger, achieve food security, improved nutrition, and promote ...
Jeremiah O. Ejemeyovwi, Romanus Osabohien, Bosede Ngozi Adeleye, Tyrone De Alwis   +3 more
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Comparative assessment of crystallographic and cryo‐EM models in the Protein Data Bank

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Raw data obtained by X‐ray crystallography or cryo‐EM result in experimental maps, ultimately fitted by atomic models. Although the physical principles are different, the final results can be viewed, compared, and evaluated in the same way. With cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo‐EM) on track to surpass X‐ray crystallography as the preferred method ...
Alexander Wlodawer, Pawel Rubach, Zbigniew Dauter, Wojciech Dec, Dariusz Brzezinski, Marta Kulik, Wladek Minor, Mariusz Jaskolski   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Locational trends of new high-wage-paying firms.

, 1978
Discussion of the locational trends of six industrial categories that pay higher wages than both the United States and the Kansas weekly averages for manufacturing ...
Kansas. Department of Economic Development. Planning and Community Development Division.
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Progress of the Plasma Centerpost for the PROTO-SPHERA Spherical Tokamak

Energies, 2016
Plasma properties can be useful in a wide spectrum of applications. Experimental projects on controlled nuclear fusion are the most challenging of these applications and, at the same time, the best way to approach plasma science.
Alessandro Lampasi, Giuseppe Maffia, Franco Alladio, Luca Boncagni, Federica Causa, Edmondo Giovannozzi, Luigi Andrea Grosso, Alessandro Mancuso, Paolo Micozzi, Valerio Piergotti, Giuliano Rocchi, Alessandro Sibio, Benedetto Tilia, Vincenzo Zanza   +13 more
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PROTECTION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [PDF]

Kyklos, 1969
SUMMARY The present paper uses ‘optimality analysis’ in order to evaluate the case for protection. It has been found that the general principles of optimal government intervention remain inviolate both in the ‘static’ welfare-economics world and in the context of ‘growth’.
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