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Social exclusion and economic growth at the European Union: can social marketing and behavioral economics help us to overcome the problem? [PDF]
, 2017 The problem of poverty and social exclusion is growing nowadays in the European Union context, according to Eurostat (2015 and 2016). And, in spite of the fact that Europe 2020 Strategy is apparently focused on that situation, the perspectives are not ...
Cruz-Morato, Marco Antonio +2 more
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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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Risk Management: Recent Developments and Issues
Наукові записки НаУКМА: Економічні науки, 2017 The paper considers the issues of recent developments of financial risk management with the emphasis on its characteristic features in Ukraine. The main aspect of the research is the need for adequate risk management of the set of existing risks which ...
Аndriy Kaminskyi
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Ensayos Revista de Economía, 2020 Sustainability of microfinance institutions depends, among other factors, on having appropriate repayment levels. This article's contribution to the existing literature is the analysis of the role of a personality trait named "grit" in individual ...
Sonia Di Giannatale +4 more
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Area, Volume 58, Issue 1, March 2026.Short Abstract Our paper argues that COVID‐19 deepened the translocal precarity of smallholder households, who already had to struggle with volatile commodity production and uncertain labour migration. Through the lens of translocal precarity, it reveals how the pandemic played out within a broader conjuncture of agrarian transformation, defined by ...
Rosa Yi, W. Nathan Green
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Gentrification, Urban Informality, and Displacement in Bangkok
The Developing Economies, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 71-88, March 2026.ABSTRACT This study analyzes the recent complex dynamics of urban transformation and spatial exclusion affecting the urban lower class. Emerging cities such as Bangkok experience rapid and compressed development in which the characteristics and challenges of both developed and developing cities co‐occur.
Tamaki Endo
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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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Geography Compass, Volume 20, Issue 3, March 2026.ABSTRACT Urban agriculture (UA) in slums represents a vital yet under‐researched strategy for enhancing food security and community resilience in marginalised urban areas. This systematic review of 104 studies reveals stark contrasts in theoretical approaches: Global North scholarship frames UA through lenses of racial capitalism and gentrification ...
Silva Namalwa, Yan Tan, Jungho Suh
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Gender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 644-655, March 2026.ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to analyze the factors that affect the entrepreneurial activity of women in the informal economy in emerging economies, considering their motivations and the challenges they face in this context. The research was conducted through a systematic literature review, accompanied by a bibliographic analysis of the main ...
Rebecca Thaffenne Santos Oliveira +3 more
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Mana, 2009 Pesquisadores da vida social tendem a dividir o mundo em esferas separadas - porém mutuamente "contaminantes" - de transações racionais de mercado e relações sociais pessoalizadas.
Viviana A. Zelizer
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