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Targeting the Poorest in Microfinance: Poverty Outreach of BDP Ultra Poor Programme

Sulaiman, Munshi; Barua, Proloy - eSocialSciences - 2006

Despite the general consensus that microfinance does not reach the poorest; recent evidence suggests that nearly 15% of … microfinance clients in Bangladesh are among the poorest. It is from the realization that even within the existing microfinance … benefit from microfinance services. This study attempts to assess the targeting effectiveness of the BDP ultra poor programme …

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Linking Banks and (Financial) Self Help Groups in India: An Assessment

Kropp, Erhard. W.; Suran, B. S. - eSocialSciences - 2006

A review of the progress and impact of the overall strategy for scaling up the SHG Bank Linkage Programme over the last decade. [Paper presented at the Seminar on SHG-bank Linkage Programme at New Delhi on 25th and 26th November 2002]

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Track Record of Financial Institutions in Assisting the Poor in Asia

Meyer, Richard L - eSocialSciences - 2009

A variety of institutional forms of microfinance are being introduced in Asia including by the ADB-and financial … institutions pursue different objectives, so it is difficult to assess how well microfinance is actually contributing to poverty …

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Studies on Self-Help Groups of the Rural Poor

eSocialSciences - 2006

In pursuance of a recommendation made by the Asian and Pacific Regional Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA), the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, in collaboration with some of the other member-institutions of APRACA, undertook field studies of selected self-help group...

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Agricultural Credit - Accomplishments and Challenges

Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2012

Agricultureâ€™s share in GDP is less than 15 per cent but it still remains the direct domain of over half of the population whose economic prospects are linked to the performance of agriculture. There are many schemes taken by NABARD to improve the agricultural sector but there ahead which...

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Group Norms and the BRAC Village Organization â€“ Enhancing Social Capital Baseline

Qayum, Nayma; Samadder, Mrinmoy; Rahman, Rehnuma - eSocialSciences - 2012

This study used social capital as an organizing framework to capture VO membersâ€™ group behaviour, and their current status along programme activities. The study compared the status of intervention VOs with comparison VOs. Data were derived from 728 VO meeting observations and 2445...

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Residential Location and Youth Unemployment: The Economic Geography of School-To-Work

Riphahn, Regina T. - eSocialSciences - 2010

In response to increased international policy attention to youth unemployment this study investigates post-secondary school transitions of school leavers. Multinomial log it models are estimated for male and female German youth. The models control for individual, parent, and household...

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The Micro Financial Sector (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2007: Legislative Brief

Sanyal, Kaushiki - eSocialSciences - 2007

While the Bill promotes the activities of MFOs, there are differing opinions on the cost efficiency of the MFO model. 􀂐 NABARD is designated as the regulator of the micro financial sector. However, its dual role as a key participant in the sector and the regulator could lead to conflict of...

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Using Change Rankings to Understand Poverty Dynamics: Examining the Impact of CFPR/TUP from Community Perspective

Sulaiman, Munshi; Matin, Imran - eSocialSciences - 2006

Studies of poverty dynamics relying solely on household income-expenditure surveys can yield noisy results, overestimating transient poverty and underestimating persistence of poverty, especially for the poorest. In this study, we make use of an approach that relies on community based change...

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Microfinance Bill: Too Many Wrinkles

Asher, Mukul; Shankar, Savita - eSocialSciences - 2007

A regulator should promote social entrepreneurship and tap into the considerable expertise existing in the micro-finance … micro-finance services in a sustainable manner. The new bill needs to be reworked to amend its many deficiencies. …

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