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Empowering the frailty: dissecting the role of microcredit [PDF]
The present paper seeks to dissect the significance of micro-credit in empowering women. It starts with a brief discussion on the role of micro-credit in poverty alleviation in general, widely acclaimed in contrast to the top-down policies.
Asalatha, B. P. +1 more
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Collective housing as a good way to reduce city fragmentation [PDF]
, 2014 Today the study of the fragmentation represents an important occasion to meditate on the city and on the evolution of the relational strategies of settlements.
Bertolino, N, +3 more
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Journal of Community &Applied Social Psychology, Volume 36, Issue 3, May/June 2026.ABSTRACT To mitigate gender inequities, governments and organisations implement different types of women's empowerment interventions. One prominent intervention offers women microfinance, taking an independent economic approach to empowerment. This may not always align with local realities in settings that prioritize interdependence such as rural ...
Madeline Langley +2 more
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Preserving Indigenous Paradigms in an Age of Globalization: Pragmatic Strategies for the Development of Clinical Legal Aid in China [PDF]
, 2000 This Essay uses the experiences of international efforts to promote clinical legal aid in China to explore one such unexpected consequence of globalization: international assistance\u27s understandable focus on more familiar kinds of legal aid ...
Dowdle, Michael William
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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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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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Ecofeminism, Commons, and Climate Justice [PDF]
, 2019 Much recent work in ecological economics, degrowth, climate justice, and political ecology focuses on ‘commons’ as an emergent paradigm for sustainable governance institutions to address or rectify ecological crisis.
Perkins, Patricia E. (Ellie)
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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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Value Through Diversity: Microfinance and Islamic Finance and Global Banking [PDF]
Internet resources, extended media coverage and international organizations’ reports recently witness the increasing interest of western banks in new models of finance, particularly Islamic finance and microfinance.
Nicoletta Ferro
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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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