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Journal of Economic Issues (junio 2015) Women and Financialization: Microcredit, Institutional Investors, and MFIs [PDF]

, 2015
My aim in this paper is to show the way in which microfinance acquires the face of women. While microfinance institutions (MFIs) act under the flag of “serving the common good,” there are still the interests of institutional investors behind them, who ...
Girón, Alicia
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Unlocking Financial Inclusion: The Dynamics of Bank Account Ownership in Urban Slums

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Financial inclusion is a key driver of sustainable development, contributing to poverty reduction (SDG 1), gender equality (SDG 5), and reduced inequalities (SDG 10). Despite extensive financial‐inclusion policies in India, residents of urban slums remain largely excluded from formal banking systems.
Davide Moro, Sivia Trentin, Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Paolo Landoni   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Security Shaping Sustainability: The Difference Between Securitized and Community‐Based Conservation in Benin

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global conservation efforts intensify, balancing environmental protection with social sustainability has become increasingly urgent. This study employs a comparative case study approach to examine two natural resource management interventions in northern Benin: one led by African Parks in an insecure zone, and another by TMG Research in a ...
Ramoudane Orou Sannou, Christian P. Schneider   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Closeness and disappointment in Jordanian friendships Proximité et déception en amitié en Jordanie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Western folk models of friendship assume that friends like one another, implying mutually positive feelings. However, accounts of friendship from across times and places suggest that disappointment goes along with friendship as often as mutual affection.
Susan MacDougall
wiley   +1 more source

The Tragedy of Capitalism [PDF]

, 2008
A review of contemporary capitalism, and the debt-based money system, with a consideration of various monetary reform proposals within the context of a changing monetary ...
Mouatt, Simon
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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, Yoshimichi Murakami   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender Equity and Renewable Energies : Thematic Background Paper [PDF]

, 2004
The aim of this paper is to review existing evidence on the role of renewable energies in bringing gender equity. The paper first explores the evolution of thinking on gender and energy, in particular that practitioners no longer specifically focus on ...
Clancy, Joy, Oparaocha, Sheila, Roehr, Ulrike   +2 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

The Relationship Between the Level of Satisfaction of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Loneliness, Happiness and Life Satisfaction in Elderly Individuals

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
wiley   +1 more source