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"This paper examines the ways in which lower-income households obtain basic financial services in urban communities in Mexico and the United States. And it discusses the efforts that private sector and government organizations are making to lower the cost or improve the quality of those...
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Discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people is widespread and LGBTI … development challenge; not only because discrimination is inherently unjust, but also because "there are substantial costs …
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"Formal and informal commercial sex work is a way of life for many poor women in developing countries. Though sex … themselves to increased risk of HIV infection. In particular, women are 3.1 percent more likely to see a client, 21.2 percent … falls ill. Women also increase their supply of risky sex on days after missing work due to symptoms from a sexually …
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findings show greater returns among men than among women; indeed, returns were not different from zero for women. The authors … social constraints limiting sales to local areas are not important. However, there is evidence that women invested grants … spend the grant on working capital and women on equipment. The gender gap is largest when male-dominated sectors are …
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