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Microfinance in Nigeria and the prospects of introducing its Islamic version there in the light of selected Muslim countries' experience
Mhammed, Aliyu Dahinu; Hasan, Zubair - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
countries where the proportion of people in poverty is high. The existing microfinance in Nigeria serves less than 1 million … Nigeria, account for about 0.2 percent of the GDP and is less than one percent of total credit in the economy. Addressing this … aggravates the existing inequalities in the distribution of wealth and income in Nigeria. Finally, Nigeria being a country with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619462
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On the Articulation of Witchcraft and Modes of Production among the Nupe, Northern Nigeria
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
time as indicator, and the Nupe of Northern Nigeria as an example. A tentative long-term study on the growth of the Nupe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622125
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Social structure bureaucracy and corruptionA
Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Using the principal-agent- supervisor paradigm, this paper examines the occurrence of collusion in a setting where the principal has no information about the supervisor and the agent does not necessarily know the supervisor’s preferences. We formally prove the occurrence of collusion is more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107791
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Limited Information Aggregation and Externalities - A Simple Model of Metastable Market
Gong, Zheng; Tian, Feng; Xu, Boyan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We analyze a model in which agents’ decisions to enter or exit investments are influenced from their individual and external parties’ transaction histories. Actual investment outcomes are unknown to all participants until the end of decision periods, but outcomes do change depending on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259655
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Cultures of Innovation of the African Poor: Common Roots, Shared Traits, Joint Prospects? On the Articulation of Multiple Modernities in African Societies and Black Diasporas in Latin America
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The globalized Western culture of innovation, as propagated by major aid institutions, does not necessarily lead to empowerment or improvement of the well-being of the stakeholders. On the contrary, it often blocks viable indigenous innovation cultures. In African societies and African Diasporas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616660
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Poverty and Social Structure in Russia: An Analysis of the First Decade of Transition
Cerami, Alfio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper has four main objectives: (1) to monitor the rise of poverty and income inequality during the first decade of Russian transition; (2 to analyze the performance of the welfare state in reducing poverty and income inequality; (3) to identify the most vulnerable groups of transition; and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616830
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The long-term effects of development aid - Empirical studies in rural West Africa.
Bierschenk, Thomas; Elwert, Georg; Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1991
This article is based on field studies in rural West Africa. It concentrates on the socio-structural effects of development aid in the long run, in contrast to numerous available evaluation reports on the short-run effects of development projects. The study reveals that superficial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616869
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Article Review on World Bank Report, Optimal Design for a Minimum Wage Policy in Malaysia
Nurrachmi, Rininta; Mad-Ahin, Ashanee; Waeowanjit, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
There are many pros and cons with the implementation of minimum wage in Malaysia, since it is the first time. This article review is to analyze the World Bank report on Malaysian minimum wage policy that will be implemented in 2013. There are strength and weakness on the report. Moreover the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110009
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Understanding Islam: Development, Economics and Finance
Askari, Hossein; Iqbal, Zamir; Krichene, Noureddine; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
In this paper, the foundational rules governing human, economic and financial development in Islam, as understood from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110896
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Le comportement du musulman en matière de crédit à intérêt face à la contrainte religieuse
Kchirid, Mustapha; Tarbalouti, Essaid; Elgraa, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Contrary to the Islamic laws considered as social standard governing the behavior of the Muslims, the facts relative to most of the Muslim countries show that the detention of a conventional bank account considered as illicit because it is generative of the rate of interest and savings is more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112081