How a Microfinance-Based Livelihood Program Can Combat Food Insecurity Among Families of Children With Cerebral Palsy in Bangladesh-Evidence From a Randomized Control Trial. [PDF]
Food Nutr BullKhan N +5 more
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High Noon for Microfinance Impact Evaluations: Re-investigating the Evidence from Bangladesh
Recently, microfinance has come under increasing criticism raising questions of the validity of iconic studies which have justified the microfinance phenomenon.
Palmer-Jones, Richard, Duvendack, Maren
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A systematic review of microfinance interventions and violence against women: results from low- and middle-income contexts. [PDF]
BMJ Glob HealthWilliams A +9 more
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Women And Men In Rural Microfinance: The Case Of Uganda [PDF]
Uganda, where 85 % of the population live in rural areas, has experienced a rapid rise of rural and microfinance over the last ten years. There is a pronounced gender awareness in public policities and programs.
Almeyda, Gloria, Seibel, Hans Dieter
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Exploring the link between women's financial inclusion and child nutrition in Rulindo district, Rwanda. [PDF]
BMC Public HealthNiyibizi P +6 more
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Gender empowerment in microfinance
In this paper we argue that the promotion of women in microfinance initiatives and the bias against men is taking place in the absence of solid empirical evidence on the effects of this approach in the balance of powers in households and on the health ...
Armendáriz, Beatriz, Roome, Nigiel
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Microfinance institutions failure prediction in emerging countries, a machine learning approach. [PDF]
PLoS OneGarcia-Lopez YJ, Marquez PH, Morales NN.
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A major source of financing for the poor and no longer a niche industry Over the past four decades, microfinance--the provision of loans, savings, and insurance to small businesses and entrepreneurs shut out of traditional capital markets--has grown from
Lieberman, Ira W. +3 more
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Is membership in microfinance initiatives associated with viral load suppression among HIV patients? Evidence from western Kenya. [PDF]
BMC Glob Public HealthThapa BB +4 more
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Financial barriers to healthcare access among reproductive-age women in Sierra Leone: evidence from demographic health surveys of 2008, 2013, and 2019. [PDF]
Reprod HealthSesay U.
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