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Vulnerability of Microfinance to Strategic Default and Covariate Shocks:Evidence from Pakistan [PDF]

This paper investigates the repayment behavior of microfinance borrowers in Pakistan using a unique dataset of about 45,000 installments/repayments covering 2,945 microfinance borrower households over the period 1998-2007. In early 2005, the microfinance
Kurosaki, Takashi, Khan, Hidayat Ullah
core   +2 more sources

Integrating One Health to Mitigate the Emergence and Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance in Livestock and Aquaculture

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an escalating global threat driven by antimicrobial use in aquaculture and livestock. Resistant pathogens and genes can spread across humans, animals, and the environment through interconnected ecosystems. Using a One Health approach, this review emphasizes antimicrobial stewardship, regulatory strengthening, enhanced ...
Mir Mohammad Ali, Delower Hossain, Ridwan Olamilekan Adesola, Anum Hanif, Shamsaldeen Ibrahim Saeed, Muhammad Abdul Mannan, Anoar Jamai Masroure, Kazi Estieque Alam, Md Kamal Hossain, Sabiha Zarin Tasnim Bristi, Md Jisan Ahmed   +10 more
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Drivers of willingness to repay Parish Revolving funds (PRF) under Uganda’s Parish Development Model: a Bayesian Latent Class Logistic Regression (LCLR) approach

Cogent Economics & Finance
This study examines the determinants of beneficiaries’ willingness to repay the Parish Revolving Fund (PRF) under Uganda’s Parish Development Model (PDM), using nationally representative data from the 2024 EPRC PDM Survey.
Solomon Stephen Nuwagaba, Swaibu Mbowa
doaj   +1 more source

A Field Research to Identify Psychological Factors Influencing the Debt Repayment Behavior in Turkey

Emerging Markets Journal, 2019
This research aims to exploratively search relevant psychological determinants for debt repayment behavior. In this regard, the research question is: Which psychological factors affect the debt repayment behavior?
Mehtap Özşahin, Senay Yürür, Erman Coşkun   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of the current student loans regime on Muslim student engagement and retention in English higher education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall, Yusraa Maryam, Sumeya Loonat   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Green Innovation and Firm Efficiency: The Role of Institutional Quality in Italian High‐Tech Manufacturing Sectors

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to verify whether institutional quality affects the relationship between green innovation and firm efficiency within the high‐tech manufacturing sectors. To estimate jointly the parameters of a stochastic frontier and the coefficients of a model explaining technical inefficiency, we employed the one‐step estimation ...
Mariarosaria Agostino, Sandro Rondinella, Marianna Succurro   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Big Five personality traits and loan repayment intention among microfinance customers in Tanzania

Discover Analytics
This study investigates the influence of the Big Five personality traits on loan repayment intention among microfinance borrowers in Tanzania. While microfinance institutions (MFIs) play a crucial role in promoting financial inclusion and poverty ...
Pendo Shukrani Kasoga, Amani Gration Tegambwage   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of Loan Repayment among Village Community Bank Members in Ubungo Municipality, Tanzania

Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies
Purpose: This study examined the determinants of loan repayment among Village Community Bank (VICOBA) members in Ubungo Municipality, Tanzania. The specific objectives of the study were to assess individual, group, and sociocultural factors affecting ...
Izack Mbilinyi, Joseph Magali, Michael Mwacha   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Barriers and Enablers of Circular Economy in Electrical and Electronic Equipment: A Systematic Literature Review

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rapid technological change, shorter lifecycles and rising demand for electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) are increasing waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and emphasise the need for a circular economy. This paper identifies barriers and enablers of the circular transition in EEE and outlines interventions.
Aya Abdelmeguid, Lucia Corsini
wiley   +1 more source

Oxygen debt repayment in the early phase of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a cluster analysis

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2022
Introduction Early oxygen debt repayment is predictive of successful weaning from veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-A ECMO). However, studies are limited by the patient cohort’s heterogeneity.
E. R. Kurniawati, S. Teerenstra, N. P. A. Vranken, A. S. Sharma, J. G. Maessen, P. W. Weerwind   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source