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Entrepreneurs Health and Productivity in Nigeria: Analysis of Microfinance Bank Contribution [PDF]

, 2011
This paper investigates the effects of microfinance bank health related services on micro and small enterprise owners’ productivity. Productivity is measured as output value over resource input value.
Babajide, A. A
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Beyond infrastructure: evaluating the financial inclusion effects of China’s BRI participation across partner economies

Development Studies Research
This study analyzes the impact of participation in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on financial inclusion across 135 countries from 2007 to 2021. Using an Ordinary Least Squares Interrupted Time Series Analysis (OLS-ITSA), the findings show that BRI ...
Clara Chedid, Mercedes Teruel, Montserrat Ferré   +2 more
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Financement de l’éducation en Asie : perspectives de participation et de financement d’ici 2030

Revue internationale d'éducation de Sèvres, 2014
Ce texte explore les schémas de croissance récents, en termes de participation à l’éducation en Asie. Il illustre la manière dont la demande se modifie et dont les défis de l’amélioration de l’accès et des performances se diversifieront au cours des quinze prochaines années.
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How severe is the time-inconsistency problem in monetary policy? [PDF]

This study analyzes two monetary economies, a cash-credit good model and a limited-participation model. In these models, monetary policy is made by a benevolent policymaker who cannot commit to future policies.
Lawrence J. Christiano, Stefania Albanesi, V. V. Chari   +2 more
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The common prosperity effect of rural households' financial participation: a perspective based on multidimensional relative poverty

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionCommon prosperity holds significant importance in ensuring social equity, promoting sustainable economic growth, and achieving long-term national security.
Zhengyin Li, Xiangdong Hu
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The Donor Class: Campaign Finance, Democracy, and Participation

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 2004
This Article uses the U.S. Supreme Court's recent opinion in McConnell v. FEC to argue that the law should play a central role in reducing the impact of disparities in wealth on political participation. In upholding large parts of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, the Court in McConnell acknowledged the adverse impact of concentrated wealth on ...
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Urban infrastructure finance from private operators : what have we learned from recent experience ? [PDF]

The author examines the role of private participation in infrastructure (PPI) in mobilizing finance for key urban services, that is, urban roads, municipal solid waste management, and water and sanitation since the early 1990s when private participation ...
Annez, Patricia Clarke
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A framework for introducing the private finance initiative in Brunei Darussalam construction industry. [PDF]

, 2008
The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is a common, and sometimes preferred, approach to funding public projects without immediate recourse to the public purse, in the construction industry in developed countries throughout the world.
Mohammad, S.A., Tutesigensi, A.
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Community programs and women's participation : the Chinese experience [PDF]

Using household data specifically collected for the purpose of evaluation, the authors empirically evaluate the impact on household income of a rural program in China that focuses on increasing women's economic and social participation in the local ...
Coady, David, Limin Wang, Xinyi Dai
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Foreign bank acquisitions and outreach : evidence from Mexico [PDF]

Recently, developing countries have witnessed a sharp increase in foreign bank participation. The authors examine the impact on banking outreach using newly gathered data for Mexico, where foreign bank participation rose from 2 percent to 83 percent of ...
Beck, Thorsten, Soledad Martinez Peria, Maria   +1 more
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