The International Labour Organisation and the ambivalent politics of financial inclusion in West Africa [PDF]
, 2016 This article examines the role of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in promoting ‘financial inclusion’ in West Africa. The role of the ILO in microfinance and financial inclusion has often been overlooked, in contrast to the role played by the ...
Bernards, Nick
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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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Value Through Diversity: Microfinance and Islamic Finance and Global Banking [PDF]
, 2005 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.
Ferro, Nicoletta
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Social Protection, Efficiency and Growth [PDF]
Social protection can play an important role in poverty reduction and making growth inclusive of the poor. At times, it is also argued that social proection can directly contribute to growth and economic efficiency. The paper revisits the evidence on the
Stefan Dercon
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Effects of microfinance and small loans centre on poverty reduction in Wa West District, Ghana. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Sulemana M, Fuseini MN, Abdulai IA.
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Does institutional logic matter in microfinance delivery? An empirical study of microfinance clients [PDF]
, 2019 Purpose: From an institutional theory perspective, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the combined impact of financial capital (microcredit) and human capital development (entrepreneurship training) delivered by financial non-governmental ...
Atiase, Victor +2 more
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Access to microfinance as a resilience policy to address sustainable development goals: A content analysis. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2022 Gatto A, Sadik-Zada ER.
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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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"Innovations" During COVID-19: Microfinance in Bangladesh. [PDF]
Affilia, 2022 Murshid NS, Murshid N.
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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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