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Mohanti, Subhash - eSocialSciences - 2011

Review of Corporate Social Responsibility: Past, Present and Future by Sanjay Kumar Panda; The Icfai University Press; 373pp, 2008.

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Negotiating the Terms of A New Social Contract: Private Companies, Civil Society and the State in India

Krichewsky, Damien - eSocialSciences - 2010

A detailed analysis of the stakes and dynamics at play in the public, civil and self-regulation of companies in India is offered. With the rapid growth and modernization of the country as the backdrop, this paper points towards a reconfiguration of relationships and the balance of power among...

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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...

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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 …

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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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