effectiveness of sectoral interventions, and how the interventions in the agricultural sector and microfinance can be used to …

In South Asia, the modern microfinance movement was born in Bangladesh in the 1970s as a response to the prevailing … a new dimension for microfinance worldwide as microfinance institutions grew to include millions of clients. The start … substantial microfinance system based on Self-Help Groups (SHGs) developed. Other countries of the region made slower and later …

Despite its origin as one of the pioneering and richest states of Brazil, Pernambuco today has a history of slower … economic growth than Brazil as a whole. Pernambuco began as a sugar producing state and the expansion of sugar production led …'s growth rate has been slower than Brazil's average. Although poverty data is much more recent, the story provided by the …

rural poverty reduction in Brazil, The report contains an updated and more detailed profile of the rural poor in the … northeast (NE) and southeast (SE) of Brazil; identifies key determinants of rural poverty in these regions; and proposes a five …-pronged strategic framework in which to couch a set of integrated policies that could effectively help to reduce rural poverty in Brazil …

rural poverty reduction in Brazil, The report contains an updated and more detailed profile of the rural poor in the … northeast (NE) and southeast (SE) of Brazil; identifies key determinants of rural poverty in these regions; and proposes a five …-pronged strategic framework in which to couch a set of integrated policies that could effectively help to reduce rural poverty in Brazil …

This report aims to analyze key aspects of the low-income housing sector in Brazil, and to provide an analytical … addresses four fundamental questions for policymakers in the housing sector in Brazil: First, should the government be involved … international experiences, and identifies the main building blocks of a strategy for low-income housing in Brazil. There are four …

Although the State of Ceara, in Brazil, is a model of good economic, and fiscal performance given its poverty status …