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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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Development Policy Review, Volume 44, Issue 3, May 2026.Abstract Motivation The persistence of hunger and poverty amid deepening global inequality and declining multilateral cooperation underscores the need for new models of international solidarity. The Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, launched during Brazil's presidency of the G20 in 2024, represents a significant innovation in global ...
Thiago Lima, Adriana Erthal Abdenur
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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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Household Access to Microcredit and Child Work in Rural Malawi [PDF]
This paper examines the effect of household access to microcredit upon work by seven to eleven year old children in rural Malawi. Given that microcredit organizations foster household enterprises wherein much child labor is engaged, this paper aims to ...
Gautam Hararika, Sudipta Sarangi
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Journal of Clinical Nursing, Volume 35, Issue 5, Page 2218-2238, May 2026.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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Microfinance’s Impact on Education, Poverty, and Empowerment: A Case Study from the Bolivian Altiplano [PDF]
This study explores the impact of microcredit on economic, educational, and empowerment levels of women from the Bolivian high plains who had acquired microcredit for over three years.
Sarah Gibb
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Review of Development Economics, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 865-881, May 2026.ABSTRACT Access to finance is critical for rural non‐farm self‐employment businesses in Southeast Asia, but financial constraints and gender discrimination impede their growth. Existing literature largely overlooks vulnerable groups like rural household businesses.
Chung Thanh Phan +3 more
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Microcrédito e Pobreza: um Diálogo Possível? [PDF]
RAC: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, 2009 Microcredit has been viewed by academics, as well as by multilateral organizations, as a viable alternative for facing the inequalities associated with worldization.
Claire Gomes dos Santos +1 more
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Generic machine learning inference on heterogenous treatment effects in randomized experiments [PDF]
, 2017 We propose strategies to estimate and make inference on key features of heterogeneous effects in randomized experiments. These key features include best linear predictors of the effects using machine learning proxies, average effects sorted by impact ...
Chernozhukov, Victor +3 more
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Consumption Smoothing and Risk Coping Mechanisms: Evidence From Rural India
Review of Income and Wealth, Volume 72, Issue 2, May 2026.ABSTRACT Using monthly, seasonal and annual panel data from rural India from 2010 to 2014, we comprehensively analyze how households smooth consumption and adjust their asset portfolios in response to income shocks, identified by exogenous deviations of rainfall from historical patterns.
Bilal Malaeb +2 more
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