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JEJAK: Jurnal Ekonomi dan KebijakanMicrocredit is a financial instrument designed to improve well-being and reduced poverty rate. It also provides non-economic opportunities particularly in child education.
Bayu Kharisma +2 more
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Fair Markets and Resilient Supply Chains: Designing Sustainable Intermediation for Rural Communities
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agriculture in Ecuador's communes faces significant economic, social, and environmental challenges, intensified by supply chains dominated by traditional intermediaries. The lack of context‐specific sustainability studies further increases the vulnerability of smallholders.
Jacqueline del Rocío Bacilio Bejeguen +3 more
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Private funding of microcredit schemes: Much ado about nothing?
, 2005 Microcredit, defined as small loans to people who have no regular access to credit, is an innovative strategy in the fight against poverty. Microcredit institutions can obtain funding from private institutional investors (PIIs) that channel funds from ...
Gutiérrez Nieto, Begoña
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Technology Replaces Culture in Microcredit Markets: the Case of Italian MAGs [PDF]
Poor local information networks and weak social sanctions in urban settings make joint liability unable to guarantee high repayment rates to microlenders.
Fedele, Alessandro +1 more
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The Dynamic Impact of the Energy Transition on Food Security in Developing Countries
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the context of persistent food insecurity and the global push for the transition toward clean energy in developing countries, understanding the association between clean energy access and food affordability is increasingly important to inform multisectoral policy interventions. Against this background, this study explores the dynamic impact
Boris D. Soh Wenda +5 more
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Research Journal of Business and FinanceMicrocredit serves as a vital financial instrument for promoting smallholder agricultural development across sub-Saharan Africa. However, the frequent diversion of loans from their intended agricultural purposes to non-farm uses, commonly referred to as
Lazaro Athanas Mwonge +1 more
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When Small is Big: Microcredit and Economic Development [PDF]
Technology Innovation Management Review, 2010 Microcredit - the extension of small loans - gives people who would otherwise not have access to credit the opportunity to begin or expand businesses or to pursue job-specific training. These borrowers lack the income, credit history, assets, or security
George Brown
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Менеджмент та підприємництво: тренди розвитку, 2022 This article attempts to assess the impact of microcredit on the economic well-being and implicitly the degree of multidimensional poverty of women in Algeria.
Abdelkrim Zoheir Hadefi +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Achieving sustainable development requires balancing economic growth with environmental conservation, but the relationship between informal economic activities and emerging financial technologies in boosting green growth (GG) is not well understood.
Muhammad Salah Uddin +4 more
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Impact of microcredit on the performance of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Yemen
Cogent Economics & FinanceThis study examines the impact of microcredit on the performance of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in Yemen, focusing on the mediating role of beneficiary satisfaction.
Osamah Ahmed AL-Maamari +2 more
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