marginalised in formal credit markets compared to their male counterparts. The study also investigates the impact of credit access … measure of credit constraints in order to address the objectives. A probit credit constraint model was estimated, and … show significant discrimination against women in formal credit markets in Nigeria. The results reveal that firms that are …

movements of real wage in the informal sector in India and how this affects poverty at the state level. The basic result on …

In the context of a sharp rise in the incidence of poverty and increasing inequality since the end of the last decade …, labour markets, and poverty and inequality are assessed using a top-down static CGE, a microsimulation approach. It is shown … reduction of poverty incidences, poverty gaps and the severity of poverty exclusively due to the introduction of the personal …

preferential credit. This paper examines poverty targeting and impact of the micro-credit program. It is found that the program is …It is argued that without collateral the poor often face binding borrowing constraints in the formal credit market …. This justifies a micro-credit program, which is operated by the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies to provide the poor with …

in 2008. The program is focused on children aged 0 to 18 and aims at alleviating poverty and promoting school attendance … attendance, poverty, inequality and adult labour supply. Our ex-ante estimated effects indicate that teenage school attendance … attendance shows a progressive pattern. The program also significantly reduces extreme poverty, and to a lesser extent, the …

This paper aims to analyse trends in poverty and inequality in seven African countries using an asset index constructed … rural areas, are thus required. Overall poverty has declined in five of the seven countries. The trends in urban and rural … poverty for the most part mirror these trends in overall poverty. Five of the seven countries experienced an improvement in …

in urban areas, but contribute to worsening poverty conditions of the most poor in rural areas. If liberalization … policies target better strategies aimed at fighting poverty, or at least not deteriorating the situation, they need to be … designed in a way that they do not worsen the poverty conditions of the most destitute in society. …

international borrowing, particularly when looking at macroeconomic gains and poverty reduction in the long run. However, in the …

labour in the form of wages. Given that poverty is most prevalent in rural areas, where there is a 74.3 percent incidence of … poverty as opposed to 36.8 percent for urban areas, it is reasonable for the government to make improved productivity and the …