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Predicting BNPL Loan Defaults: A Comparison of Ensemble Learning Models Combined With Balancing Techniques and an Analysis of the Impact of Digital Literacy

open access: yesEngineering Reports, Volume 8, Issue 2, February 2026.
In this study, we predicted BNPL loan defaults by introducing two new variables related to the use of digital banking platforms and assessing their impact. We compared ensemble learning models in combination with data balancing methods and logistic regression (for feature selection).
Parivash Khalili   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Broadening the Scope of Societal Change Research: Psychological, Cultural, and Political Impacts of Development Aid

open access: yesJournal of Social and Political Psychology, 2013
To date, the study of societal change in social and political psychology has been dominated by an intergroup relations research agenda. But in addition to intergroup dynamics, there are other major pathways to societal change and emancipation, which are ...
Nina Hansen, Tom Postmes
doaj   +1 more source

Giving credit to the microlenders. Formal microlending, credit constraints and adverse selection: a case study of shrimp farmers in Bangladesh [PDF]

open access: yes
Smallholder farmers have long been denied access to formal credit, largely because of the high administrative fees associated with loans. A possible solution to this problem, which has become increasingly popular, is the use of microcredit financing ...
Andersson, Camilla I.M.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Off-Grid Electrification and its Impacts on the Waste Management System – the Case of Bangladesh [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
By the end of 2010 more than 1.6 billion people lacked access to modern energy services. To overcome this situation the United Nations started the “sustainable energy for all initiative” with the objective to provide access to modern energy services ...
Batteiger, A.
core  

The patronage in the financing of social and sustainable projects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
[Abstract]: Traditionally, many companies have contributed, altruistically, to the generation of crowdfunding platforms as a space of knowledge and innovation where entrepreneurs develop their projects independently or in collaboration.
Gago-Cortés, Carmen   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

From Local Biodiversity to Global Food Security: Antioxidant Evidence of Unconventional Edible Plants (2020–2025)

open access: yesJournal of Food Process Engineering, Volume 49, Issue 2, February 2026.
This scoping review (2020–2025) compiles validated evidence on the antioxidant potential of unconventional edible plants (PANCs). Thirty species showed high phenolic content and strong radical‐scavenging activity, reinforcing their role as natural antioxidants and sustainable alternatives to synthetic additives within biodiversity‐based food systems ...
Nathália Letícia Hernandez Brito   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microcredit and health [PDF]

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Cardiology, 2008
Physics describes four known forces – strong nuclear force, electromagnetism, weak nuclear force and gravitation. The modern holy grail of physics is to link these forces in a single ‘field’ described through the language of mathematics, which is known as the unified field theory or universal theory.
openaire   +1 more source

Public Policy on Microfinance in South America [PDF]

open access: yes
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of public policies in various countries of South America on the development of microfinance (MF). A broad definition of public policy has been used in this work, as it covers specific legislation seeking
Delfiner, Miguel Tomas   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Bank Provisioning and Microcredit [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper we develop a banking model to study the traditional credit and the microcredit markets. We suppose a monopolistic traditional bank that specializes in screening potential debtors based in their risk profile and a microcredit bank that focus
Dairo Estrada, Santiago Caicedo
core  

RESTRUCTURING AND REFORM IN THE JIU VALLEY [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The article provides an analysis of the restructuring and reform process in the Jiu Valley mining in the context of national ...
FELICIA ANDRIONI   +1 more
core  

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