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Mainstreaming Informal Financial Institutions [PDF]

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Informal financial institutions (IFIs), among them the ubiquitous rotating savings and credit associations, are of ancient origin. Owned and self-managed by local people, poor and non-poor, they are self-help organizations which mobilize their own ...
Seibel, Hans Dieter
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Volunteering and Civic Service in Three African Regions: Contributions to Regional Integration, Youth Development and Peace [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper broadly looks at the role of youth volunteering in cultivating peace and development in Sub-Saharan ...
David Caprara   +3 more
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Conceptualizing ethnicity and nation building in Malaysia: A lesson from Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Conflict of ethnic origin keep presenting its ugly consequences to most of the developing and developed societies, with no much lessons learned. This ethnic conflicts usually starts with a mere complain or grievance that is most of the time ignored ...
Halliru, Tijjani, Ibrahim, Yahya Saleh
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A Labor Market Approach to the Crisis of Health Care Professionals in Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper adopts a labor market economics perspective to understanding the crisis of healthcare professionals in Africa. Five challenges resulting from this crisis are identified: a production challenge, an underutilization challenge, a distributional ...
Andalón, Mabel, Fields, Gary S
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Financial Reconstruction in Conflict and 'Post-Conflict' Economies [PDF]

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aid, conflict, financial development, sub-Saharan ...
Addison, Tony   +3 more
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Aid, employment and inclusive growth in conflict-affected countries: Policy recommendations for Liberia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The experience and lessons of the last two decades have shown that ignoring the key differences between the economics of peace and the economics of development has been a major reason why countries relapse into conflict.
del Castillo, Graciana
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