"This book explores how microfinance institutions exist to fulfill a dual mission - financial sustainability and positive social impact on the urban and rural poor of the communities that they serve. It also explores how it is the responsibility of management to assess the institution's level of...

This study uses loan-level data on syndicated lending to a large sample of developing countries between 1993 and 2017 to estimate the mobilization effects of multilateral development banks (MDBs), that is, their ability to crowd-in capital from private creditors. Controlling for a large set of...

"[This book] is a comprehensive source of academic material that examines the impact of infrastructure development on modern economies. Highlighting relevant perspectives on topics such as employment, rural development, and energy production, this is an ideal reference source for researchers,...

"This book explores the roles of infrastructure developments in World Economic development taking into account of different economic and political shocks and dimensions of governance. It also highlights the infrastructural issues of education, health, women empowerment, forestry, among others,...

The formal launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) sets the global development agenda through 2030, placing significant emphasis on promoting social and environmental sustainability alongside economic growth and poverty reduction. Meeting the SDGs will require actions across a wide...