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Mission drift in microcredit and microfinance institution incentives
Biancini, Sara; Ettinger, David; Venet, Baptiste - 2017 - This version: January 2017
We analyze the relationship between Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) and external donors, with the aim of contributing … to the debate on "mission drift" in microfinance. We assume that both the donor and the MFI are pro-poor, possibly at …
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Surviving unemployment without state support : unemployment and household formation in South Africa
Klasen, Stephan; Woolard, Ingrid - 2001
High unemployment in many OECD countries is often attributed, at least in part, to the generosity and long duration of unemployment compensation. It is therefore instructive to examine a country where high unemployment exists despite the near complete absence of an unemployment insurance system....
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On the preferred creditor status of multilateral development banks
Amegashie, J. Atsu - 2023
The loans of the IMF, World Bank, and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) are excluded from debt restructuring …
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When pro-poor microcredit institutions favor richer borrowers : a moral hazard story
Biancini, Sara; Ettinger, David; Venet, Baptiste - 2021
We suggest an explanation for the existence of "mission drift", the tendency for Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012433762
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Polygyny, inequality, and social unrest
Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura - 2020
This paper proposes three theoretical mechanisms through which polygyny may be related to social unrest. The mechanisms are related to different dimensions of grievance-inducing and, partly, greed-related inequality, which may occur in polygynous societies. These dimensions include (i) economic,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012206058
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Polygyny, inequality, and social unrest
Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura - 2021
This paper proposes three theoretical mechanisms through which polygyny may be related to social unrest. The mechanisms are related to different dimensions of grievance-inducing and, partly, greed-related inequality, which may occur in polygynous societies. These dimensions include (i) economic,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013326493
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Roles of social conformity in deviance in poverty : a study on working poverty and educational investment in Bangladesh
Bhattacharyay, Biswanath; Gangopadhyay, Partha; Rahman, … - 2013
In recent decades the Indian subcontinent has displayed remarkable invariance in the incidence of working poverty despite strong economic performance. It is widely held that education can rescue households from various types of poverty traps created by information problems and incorrect...
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Determinants of financial inclusion of urban poor in India : an empirical analysis
Bapat, Dhananjay; Bhattacharyay, Biswanath - 2016
financial inclusion in Pune, a large city of India based on a household survey at an identified slum area. Empirical findings of …
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Using machine learning and qualitative interviews to design a five-question women's agency index
Jayachandran, Seema; Biradavolu, Monica R.; Cooper, Jan - 2021
measure agency for 209 women in Haryana, India, first, through a semi-structured interview and, second, through a large set of …We propose a new method to design a short survey measure of a complex concept such as women's agency. The approach …
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Gender, crime and punishment : evidence from women police stations in India
Amaral, Sofia; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Prakash, Nishith - 2021
We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender-based violence. Using … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This …. We also find some evidence of an increase in women’s labor supply following WPS opening, consistent with women feeling …
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