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Aid Effectiveness in Bangladesh: Development with Governance Challenges
Quibria, M.G.; Islam, Anika - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
this middle-income status is paved with many obstacles: policy, infrastructure, and weak governance. Even though Bangladesh …This paper provides a critical review of aid effectiveness in Bangladesh. Focusing on the contributions of major donors … adequate and reliable quantitative data. Foreign aid has had a mixed performance in Bangladesh. The responsibility for the …
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Public-private Partnerships in Micro-finance: Should NGO Involvement be Restricted?
Roy Chowdhury, Prabal; Roy, Jaideep - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper examines public-private partnerships in micro-finance, whereby NGOs can help in channelizing credit to the poor, both in borrower selection, as well as in project implementation. We argue that a distortion may arise out of the fact that the private partner, i.e. the NGO, is a...
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Capital Markets- Utility for Micro-finance
Dash, Debasis Kumar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The Paper deals with the situation for efficient use of Capital Markets for financing Micro-finance Institutions. In order to sustain the growth in the microfinance industry, it is necessary to shifting the loan financing for MFIs from traditional lenders to capital markets. This can primarily...
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Enhancement of social capital through participation in micro-finance: an empirical investigation
Kundu, AMIT - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Generation of social capital among the poor village women through micro-finance participation emerges an important aspect of rural development programme. This paper presents a method of calculating Social Capital Index and on the basis of two periods longitudinal primary data establishes the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108204
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Sequential lending with dynamic joint liability in micro-finance
Chowdhury, Shyamal; Roy Chowdhury, Prabal; Sengupta, Kunal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper develops a theory of sequential lending in groups in micro-finance that centers on the notion of dynamic incentives, in particular the simple idea that default incentives should be relatively uniformly distributed across time. In a framework that allows project returns to accrue over...
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The Credit-worthiness of a borrower and the selection process in Micro-finance: A case study from the urban slums of India
Paul, Sohini - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper examines whether urban Micro-Finance Institutions (MFIs) consider proxy/ hidden collateral in the absence of physical as well as social collateral to judge the creditworthiness of a borrower. Micro-finance institutes operating in urban slums adopt an individual lending mechanism in...
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Relationship between Corporate Governance Indicators and Firm Value: A Case Study of Karachi Stock Exchange
Javed, Attiya Y.; Iqbal, Robina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Ownership, and Disclosures and Transparency for a sample of 50 firms. The results indicate that corporate governance does matter …We investigated whether differences in quality of firm-level corporate governance can explain the firm …-level value as measured by Tobin’s Q and total Corporate Governance Index (CGI) and three sub-indices: Board, Shareholdings and …
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Does Corporate Governance Effects Firm Performance in Case of Pakistani Market
Javid, Attiya Yasmin; Iqbal, Robina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
total Corporate Governance Index (CGI) and three sub-indices: board composition, shareholdings and ownership and disclosures …We investigated whether differences in quality of firm level corporate governance can explain the firm level …, return on asset and return on equity. The results indicate that corporate governance does matter in Pakistan. However not all …
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Impact social des délocalisations: mythe ou réalité?
Dhaoui, Elwardi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This article attempts to provide empirical validation of financial globalization. First, we will give an idea about the reorganization of global companies and production functions will emphasize the extent of the phenomenon. Similarly, we will talk if the importance of the size reflects the law...
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Adoption of inflation targeting and tax revenue performance in emerging market economies: An empirical investigation
Lucotte, Yannick - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Inflation targeting is a monetary policy framework which was adopted by several emerging countries over the last decade. Previous empirical studies suggest that inflation targeting has significant effects on either inflation or inflation variability in emerging targeting countries. But, by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008636522