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More and Better Jobs in South Asia
Nayar, Reema; Gottret, Pablo; Mitra, Pradeep; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
This report investigates how more and better jobs can be created in South Asia. It does so for two reasons. First, this region will contribute nearly 40 percent of the growth in the world’s working-age (15–64) population over the next several decades. It is important to determine...
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Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan: Surviving the Long-Term Recession
Uchikawa, Shuji - eSocialSciences - 2010
The relationship between large enterprises (LEs) and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Japan has undergone major changes during the long-term recession since 1991. While SMEs still play the important role of supplying parts and components to LEs through subcontracting, many LEs have started...
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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341773
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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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In Conversation with Mohammed Yunus
Rao, Kala - eSocialSciences - 2007
In Mumbai to open an office of the Grameen Foundation, Professor Yunus spoke on the growing role of microfinance in the …
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Book Review: Microfinance-Is it a means of Empowering Women?
Das, Sanchita; Sen, Anwesha - eSocialSciences - 2010
Multiple Meanings of Money: How Women See Microfinance by Smita Premchander, V. Prameela, M. Chidambaranathan, L …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250471
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Economic Governance of MFIs: Inside the Black Box
Arun, Thankom; Annim, Samuel Kobina - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper investigates a relationship between economic governance and the dual objectives of Microfinance Institutions … atmosphere that will enhance the achievement of microfinance social objectives. [Discussion Paper No. 5159] …
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