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Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.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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Economic dystopia in Kyrgyzstan [PDF]
, 2015 Hailed as a success story for liberal market reforms, Kyrgyzstan in fact provides an example of how the rentier class have become an integral part of the economy, and how democracy has given way to ...
Sanghera, Balihar
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Credit market structure and strategic collateral provision
The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, EarlyView.Abstract In a simple lending model with informational asymmetry, we investigate the effect of bank market structure on the amount of collateral provided by firms. We analyze the strategic decision of a potential entrepreneur regarding the amount of wealth to pledge as collateral to secure a loan.
Rosaria Distefano, Francesco Reito
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Non‐Migrant Women and Their Livelihoods in the Sundarbans, Bangladesh
Climate Resilience and Sustainability, Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2026.This graphical abstract illustrates the Sundarbans social–ecological system and its influence on women's livelihood strategies, particularly migration and non‐migration decisions. It highlights the interaction between ecological (ecosystem services) and social (institutional interventions, governance) subsystems, shaping livelihood capitals (natural ...
Marta Martínez‐Fabiani +2 more
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What is the evidence of the impact of microfinance on the well-being of poor people? [PDF]
, 2011 The concept of microcredit was first introduced in Bangladesh by Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus. Professor Yunus started Grameen Bank (GB) more than 30 years ago with the aim of reducing poverty by providing small loans to the country’s rural ...
Copestake, James G. +5 more
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Livelihoods, conflict and aid programming: Is the evidence base good enough? [PDF]
, 2015 In conflict-affected situations, aid-funded livelihood interventions are often tasked with a dual imperative: to generate material welfare benefits and to contribute to peacebuilding outcomes.
Adam +56 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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, 2009 The importance of gender-equality and of women’s work in relation to the environment are considered to be crucial questions for development in ‘third world’ rural societies.
Arora-Jonsson, Seema
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Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 1099-1117, April 2026.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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Asset Building for Social Change: Pathways to Large-Scale Impact [PDF]
, 2004 Provides an in-depth examination of current and historic initiatives, in an effort to discern patterns of successful scaling up from among Ford's Assets Program portfolios ...
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