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How does targeted microcredit empower the economic resilience of rural households in the context of natural disasters?

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
IntroductionThe adverse impacts of natural disaster shocks threaten the sustainable development of agricultural production and exacerbate the risk of rural households returning to poverty.
Yun Yu, Fang Wang, Guanyu Qin, Tao Li
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Do Women Make Better Borrowers and Loan Officers? Evidence From Afghanistan

Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores how gender is associated with microfinance loan performance in Afghanistan, a conservative and conflict‐affected society. We use data from over 9500 borrowers across Taliban‐ and government‐controlled areas for the period from January 2017 to February 2020, before the 2021 Taliban takeover.
Mustafa Disli, Shakir Jalaly, Laurent Weill   +2 more
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Dynamic Interaction Between Microfinance and Household Well-Being: Evidence from the Microcredit Progressive Model for Sustainable Development

Econometrics
Microfinance aims to promote financial inclusion among underprivileged individuals, particularly through progressive microcredit, which enables borrowers to access increasing loan amounts over time.
Ahmad Alqatan, Najoua Talbi, Hasan Behbehani, Samira Ben Belgacem, Muhammad Arslan, Wafaa Sbeiti   +5 more
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Declining female participation: Mechanisms at play in the Viennese private annuity market, c. 1360–1450

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract During the high and late Middle Ages, the European economy witnessed the emergence and substantial growth of capital markets, a phenomenon connected to urbanization and pestilence, both of which brought profound changes to the social, legal, and economic positions of women.
Anna Molnár
wiley   +1 more source

Taking stock of gendered social networks in organizations and careers: A literature review

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Ample research has explored men's and women's social networks, with the aim to link differences in structural properties of networks and networking behaviors to varying career outcomes. Despite the diverse contexts and methods, representing many aspects and nuances of the role played by gender in organizations, much of contemporary research ...
Sofiya Voytiv, Anna Tyllström, Nils Gustafsson, Gergei Farkas, Minna Persson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Shadow Presence of U.S. Models of Parental Involvement in Postcolonial Multilingual Language and Literacy Reforms in Western Highland Mayan Rural School Districts in Guatemala

Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study offers a critique of imperialist relations implicit in U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) pedagogical texts and capacity‐building resources designed to support decolonial Indigenous Mayan language and literacy instruction.
Jennifer F. Reynolds
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Social Policy and Political Regime Change in Central America

Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Does democracy deliver more inclusive and transparent social policy in low‐capacity states? And how does democratic backsliding reshape social policy? Drawing on a comparative analysis of El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua, we examine how regime change and political ideology are associated with patterns of social policy access and ...
Juliana Martínez Franzoni, Diego Sánchez‐Ancochea   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microfinance and the Decision to Invest in Children’s Education

International Journal of Financial Studies, 2018
Although one of the primary objectives of microfinance has been the reduction of poverty through the provision of credit for income-generating purposes, evidence of its impact on poverty has been mixed.
PV Viswanath
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The Mediating Role of Digital Market and Payment Systems in ICT‐Based Food Security Management

eFood, Volume 7, Issue 4, August 2026.
ICT enhances food security management in Bangladesh by linking production, distribution, and digital market systems. Digital Market and Payment (DMP) mediates the relationship between Food Production and Distribution (FPD) and Food Security Management (FSM), highlighting the transformative role of digital innovation in sustainable food governance ...
Mohammad Helal Hossain, Mohammad Rakibul Islam Bhuiyan, Khadija Sharmin, M. Helal Uddin Ahmed   +3 more
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A landscape framework for human‐elephant coexistence

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2026.
The landscape coexistence framework is a transferable structure based on three phases: building knowledge, constructing the framework, and collaborative planning. These phases guide the achievements of three goals: supporting elephants, supporting villagers, and differentiating their respective territories.
Hervé R. Memiaghe, Bart R. Johnson, Chris Enright, Dennis Galvan, Nelson Ting   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source