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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Young children's perspectives of time: New directions for co‐constructing understandings of quality in ECEC

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
Kristín Dýrfjörð   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Gender Affect Funding Success at the Peer-to-Peer Credit Markets?: Evidence from the Largest German Lending Platform [PDF]

open access: yes
Studies of peer-to-peer lending in the USA find that female borrowers have better chances of getting funds than males. Is differential treatment of borrowers of different sexes a common feature of peer-to-peer lendingmarkets or is it subject to specific ...
Dorothea Schäfer, Nataliya Barasinska
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The Sharing Economy and Collaborative Finance: the Case of P2p Lending in Vietnam [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Peer-to-peer Online Lending (P2PO) has received increasing attention over the last years, not only because of its disruptive nature and its disintermediation of nearly all major banking functions, but also because of its rapid growth and expanding ...
Ha, H. (Hoang), Uyen, T. D. (Tran)
core   +1 more source

Price Premiums for Single‐Name and Compound‐Name Geographical Indications in Swiss Cheese Trade

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Geographical indications (GIs) have become increasingly important in agri‐food markets, especially in Europe. For Swiss cheese imports and exports, we analyze whether GIs are associated with higher trade prices. We find that price premiums can be obtained for both exports and imports. However, this is only the case for cheeses with single name
Judith Irek
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis in Economics: Peer to Peer Lending as an Inflation Indicator

open access: yesIndonesian Interdisciplinary Journal of Sharia Economics
This study analyzes the relationship between peer-to-peer landing and inflation. Peer-to-peer lending is a means of public lending and inflation is an economic indicator that shows price changes.
Syakirah Putri Septian, Akbar Almuttaqin
doaj  

Analysis of the Role of Financial Technology in Facilitating Access to Capital for MSMEs: A Case Study of Madiun City

open access: yesIndonesian Interdisciplinary Journal of Sharia Economics
This study aims to analyze the role of financial technology (fintech) in facilitating access to capital for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Madiun City. The method used is a qualitative descriptive approach based on literature review and
Dinesh Basti Farani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design and sustainability issues of rural credit and savings programs [PDF]

open access: yes
Joint liability group lending is currently the lending technology of choice of microfinance institutions because of the success of the Grameen Bank, which is using the technology to successfully lend to millions of poor Bangladeshi women.
Diagne, Aliou
core  

A Skills Gap Analysis of Farmer Directors of US Farmer Cooperatives

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Boards of directors are vital to firm performance and are an integral part of the decision‐making process of any business. Several studies have been conducted that observe corporate or nonprofit board characteristics, skills, and the board's connection to firm performance.
Jody S. Herchenbach   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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