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Green Microfinance in Europe
Forcella, Davide; Hudon, Marek - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2014
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are alternative financial providers offering financial services to people typically excluded from the standard banking sector. While most MFIs are active in developing countries, there is also a young and developing microfinance sector in Europe; however, very...
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Green Microfinance. Characteristics of microfinance institutions involved in environmental management
Allet, Marion; Hudon, Marek - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2013
In recent years, development practice has seen that microfinance institutions (MFIs), beyond their financial and social objectives, start considering their environmental bottom line. Yet, little is known on the characteristics of institutions involved in environmental management. For the first...
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L’opérateur de transport public à Bruxelles (STIB) et la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale :25 ans de vie commune
Goethals, Christophe - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2014
Since 1989 and the regionalization of public transports in Belgium, the Société des transports intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB), i.e. the public operator of urban transport in Brussels, has undergone many changes, both structural and organizational. Meanwhile, the company has managed to...
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Audit Quality and Corporate Governance: Evidence from the Microfinance Industry
Beisland, Leif Atle; Mersland, Roy; Oystein Strøm, R. - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2013
the relationships between audit quality and governance mechanisms. We examine two measures of audit quality, namely, the … audit quality. In particular, the presence of internal auditors is related to other indicators of stricter governance … relationship between audit quality and governance does exist, the sign of this relationship is always positive. Thus, our data …
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Decentralised Forest Governance, Institutions and Livelihoods in Odisha: A Study of Evolution of Policy Process and Politics
Mohapatra, Bishnu Prasad - eSocialSciences - 2014
This paper aims to provide an analytical glimpse of the evolution of forest policies in Odisha in the post-independence era, by unraveling the major stages of evolution of such policies. The paper also seeks to explore the issues of livelihoods, which has attained priority while formulating...
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The 100 Laws Project: Compendium of Laws to be Repealed
CCS, Centre for Civil Society - eSocialSciences - 2014
, more current laws, or they pose a material impediment to growth, development, good governance and individual freedom. …
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A Capable State in Afghanistan: A Building Without a Foundation?
Weijer, Frauke de - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper argues that attempts at state-building in Afghanistan have led to institutions that are not robust. The state institutions and organizations continue to be highly dependent on external resources and technical expertise, and lack of critical mass of people able and willing to maintain...
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Determinants of Clusters in Indian Manufacturing: The Role of Infrastructure, Governance, Education, and Industrial Policy
Fernandes, Ana M.; Sharma, Gunjan - eSocialSciences - 2014
This paper investigates the determinants of spatial concentration and entry within manufacturing across states in India. Using an unbalanced panel of 180 industries spread across 16 major Indian states over the time period 1985-2007, the effect of location (state) characteristics interacted with...
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Do School get Their Money? PAISA 2012
Initiative, Accountability - eSocialSciences - 2013
understanding of current governance processes at the grassroots to push for a larger debate on state capacity and administrative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945413
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Ethnic Fractionalization, Governance and Loan Defaults in Africa
Andrianova, Svetlana; Baltagi, Badi H.; Demetriades, Panicos - CESifo - 2014
quality of governance) and the degree of market segmentation (depending on the level of ethnic fractionalization). The model …
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