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Assessing technical aspects and vulnerabilities from Tswaing informal settlement in Hammanskraal, South Africa. [PDF]

Jamba
Nkosi DV, Mbola P, Maleka ER, Mapheto DM, Ngwenya EP, Mokwena TS, Mohlala S, Langa NJ, Kgopa LS, Komane OM.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How Does Vulnerability Framing by Microfinance Institutions Leverage Funding Success in Crowdfunding?

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study draws on framing theory to investigate how microfinance institutions (MFIs) strategically construct a vulnerability‐oriented organisational identity and how this framing influences their funding decisions during the pre‐campaign phase of prosocial crowdfunding.
Ana Paula Matias Gama, Ricardo Emanuel‐Correia, Fábio Duarte, Mário Augusto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

"They tossed me up like a ball": informal settlement residents' experiences in accessing healthcare in Kampala, Uganda. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Dickson-Gomez J, Beyer K, Kiconco A, Anguzu R, Nyabigambo A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Does Digital Banking Promote Remittance Receipts? Evidence From Developing Countries

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the realm of technological advancement, like many sectors, the financial sector swiftly embraced digital transformation to help facilitate financial transactions, especially remittance receipts. The digitalisation of the banking sector has made transfers and access to funds quite easier, faster, and more economical by reducing transaction ...
Syed Ali Abbas, Eliyathamby A. Selvanathan, Saroja Selvanathan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Co-production of informal settlement health: a community based participatory research program for building healthy communities in urban informal settlements of Salvador, Brazil. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Mogaji H, Alexandra Alzate LY, Figuerêdo LA, Araujo Virgens JH, Aliaga MA, Argibay HD, Salles I, Pereira Moreira A, Lima E Silva TJ, Cristina Dos Santos S, Batista R, Cardoso E, Neves Santos EC, Leal Dos Santos E, Rodrigues Dos Santos E, da Mata Barreto T, Dos Santos Mattos TA, Nery N, Cruz J, Carneiro I, Lustosa R, Dedavid Ferreira VC, Reis M, Ko AI, Costa F, Begon M, Khalil H.   +26 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Real Effect of Banking Globalisation on Bank Liquidity Creation in China's Banking Sector: Evidence From the Belt and Road Initiative

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To explore the real effect of banking globalisation on bank liquidity creation, we investigate plausibly exogenous variations in the expectation of further banking globalisation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which further opens the gate to foreign investors.
Xuanyi Shi, Wenjun Wu, Yifan Chen, Chunyang Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Mixed Methods Analysis of Factors That Influence the Diet Quality and Decision-Making of Adolescent Girls in an Urban Informal Settlement in Kenya. [PDF]

Matern Child Nutr
Seiger ER, Owuor M, Ruto KN, Otieno PD, Ouda R, Muasa M, Mwenda KF, Nandoya ES, Okoro JO, Omala H, Adair L, Gordon-Larsen P, Voruganti VS, Ammerman AS, Thompson AL, Meyer K, Martin SL.   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Temporary VAT Reduction in Vietnam: Consumer Behavior Analysis

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of temporary VAT rate changes on consumer behavior in Vietnam, particularly concerning the VAT reduction implemented during 2023–2024. The research analyzes annual survey data and household expenditure reports to assess changes in consumer spending on durable goods during the first half of 2024 (2024 H1 ...
Hang Thi Thu Trinh
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental persistence of nontyphoidal Salmonella in an urban informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. [PDF]

PLoS One
Kebenei CK, Onyango D, Kering K, Mbae C, Kavai S, Muraya M, Wairimu C, Odityo G, Weber K, Pietsch M, Pilz T, Drechsel O, Thürmer A, Semmler T, Fuchs S, Simon S, Flieger A, Wieler LH, Kariuki S.   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Against Dualism: Border Regimes, the International Order, and Domestic Social Relations

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this response to Will Kymlicka, I reflect upon whether dualist politics – a separation of the domestic and the international – hinders our understanding of how to create inclusive and solidaristic societies. Using the example of border regimes, I suggest that the structure of the international order, of which such regimes are part ...
Clara Sandelind
wiley   +1 more source