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Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Concerns about the slow progress in gender equality, both globally and within corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, prompt a critical assessment of “gendered CSR,” that is, women's empowerment programs and partnerships driven by the private sector.
Tanja Verena Matheis, Christian Herzig
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THE CONCEPTUAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK OF MICROCREDIT PROVIDERS FOR ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS: A STUDY ON JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY APPLIED IN MITRA MANINDO COOPERATIVE, NORTH SUMATERA, INDONESIA [PDF]
Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2017 Microcredit program has been widely adopted by some coutries to enhance low-end enterprieses which is also a part of anti-poverty program. However, the implementation of microcredit distribution has been criticized for its high number of bad credit cases
Hartanto A.D., Susilo, Pratomo D.S.
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Can Micro Health Insurance Reduce Poverty? Evidence from Bangladesh [PDF]
, 2010 This paper examines the impact of micro health insurance on poverty reduction in rural areas of Bangladesh. The research is based on household level primary data collected from the operating areas of the Grameen Bank during 2006.
Hamid, S.A., Mosley, P., Roberts, J.
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Gentrification, Urban Informality, and Displacement in Bangkok
The Developing Economies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study analyzes the recent complex dynamics of urban transformation and spatial exclusion affecting the urban lower class. Emerging cities such as Bangkok experience rapid and compressed development in which the characteristics and challenges of both developed and developing cities co‐occur.
Tamaki Endo
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Microfinance and Third World Development: A Critical Analysis [PDF]
, 2004 Microfinance is emerging as an integral part of the new development paradigm, described by the phrase participation and development. Although the idea has become quite popular among donor agencies, development practitioners, and academicians ...
Danopoulos, Constantine P. +1 more
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Land Reforms in Cuba: First Empirical Assessment on Productivity Using Crop‐Level Panel Data
Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Land reforms implemented in Cuba since 2008 have aimed to increase agricultural production by distributing state‐owned idle lands with land‐use rights. The reforms restricted farmers with the rights from cultivating perennial and capital‐intensive crops.
Yoshihiko Hashiguchi +1 more
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Evaluating the Health Effects of Micro Health Insurance Placement: Evidence from Bangladesh [PDF]
, 2010 We examine the impact of micro health insurance placement on health awareness, healthcare utilization and health status of microcredit members in rural Bangladesh, using data from 329 households in the operating areas of Grameen Bank.
Hamid, S.A., Mosley, P., Roberts, J.
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Flexible Contract, Flexible Morale? Microcredit Design and Repayment Discipline
International Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Flexible repayment benefits borrowers, but practitioners fear increased moral hazard. Investigating their concerns requires disentangling repayment choices from repayment capacity, which is typically infeasible in field studies. We use a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment with 645 microcredit borrowers to cleanly identify the effect of repayment ...
Kristina Czura, Anett John, Lisa Spantig
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Microcredit Pricing Model for Microfinance Institutions under Basel III Banking Regulations
International Journal of Financial StudiesPurpose. The purpose of this research is to propose a tool for designing a microcredit risk pricing strategy for borrowers of microfinance institutions (MFIs). Design/methodology/approach. Considering the specific characteristics of microcredit borrowers,
Patricia Durango-Gutiérrez +3 more
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Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aims To examine the relationship between the level of satisfaction of Maslow's hierarchy of needs and loneliness, happiness and life satisfaction in elderly individuals. Design This cross‐sectional, descriptive and correlational study was conducted with the elderly in Turkey.
Eylül Gülnur Erdoğan, Sevinç Mersin
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