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Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia
Heshmati, Almas - 2015
This book looks at the major policy challenges facing developing Asia and how the region sustains rapid economic growth to reduce multidimensional poverty through socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable measures. Asia is facing many challenges arising from population growth, rapid...
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Ecological Migration, Development and Transformation : A Study of Migration and Poverty Reduction in Ningxia
Li, Peilin (ed.); Wang, Xiaoyi (ed.) - 2016
After over 30 years of reform and opening up, China’s aggregate economic volume is now the second largest in the world. Over the past decade many provinces in the western region of China have implemented ecological migration projects of different scales, which have attracted considerable...
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Dynamics of Poverty in Rural Bangladesh
Rahman, Pk. Md. Motiur - 2013
The study of poverty dynamics is important for effective poverty alleviation policies because the changes in income poverty are also accompanied by changes in socioeconomic factors such as literacy, gender parity in school, health care, infant mortality, and asset holdings. In order to examine...
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Rural Poverty in Latin America
López, Ramón (ed.); Valdés, Alberto (ed.) - 2000
This book provides fresh insight into rural poverty in Latin America. It draws on six case studies of recent rural household surveys - for Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Paraguay, and Peru - and several thematic studies examining land, labour, rural financial markets, the environments,...
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Land Ownership Inequality and Rural Factor Markets in Turkey : A Study for Critically Evaluating Market Friendly Reforms
Ünal, Fatma Gül - 2012
Ünal uses Turkey as a case study to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of land and labor markets in spreading economic opportunities within agriculture and its ability to reduce rural poverty. .
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Financial Inclusion and Poverty Alleviation : Perspectives from Islamic Institutions and Instruments
Zulkhibri, Muhamed (ed.); Ismail, Abdul Ghafar (ed.) - 2017
This book explores the relationships between financial inclusion, poverty and inclusive development from Islamic perspectives. Financial inclusion has become an important global agenda and priority for policymakers and regulators in many Muslim countries for sustainable long-term economic...
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Seasonality and Microcredit : The Case of Northern Bangladesh
Shonchoy, Abu S. - 2014
Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Overview and current practice of Micro-finance across the world -- Chapter 3 …The mismatch between credit repayments and income seasonality can create serious distortions. However, typically Micro-Finance …
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Microfinance Investment Funds : Leveraging Private Capital for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
Matthäus-Maier, Ingrid - 2006
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Microfinance Investment Funds : Leveraging Private Capital for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
Matthäus-Maier, Ingrid (contributor);  … - 2006
KfW promotes microfinance investment funds and other activities that facilitate the growth of microfinance. This book … microfinance investment, and its promotion …
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Women's Entrepreneurship and Microfinance
Neogi, Chiranjib (ed.); Bhandari, Amit Kumar (ed.);  … - 2017
Aparajita Dhara & Biswajit Chatterjee) -- SECTION II: Microfinance in India -- Chapter 7: Efficiency and Mission Drift - Debate … Sharmishtha Banerjee & Arijita Dutta) -- Chapter 9: Microfinance for Women Owned Small Business in India: Challenges and …This book offers a critical perspective on the issues related to women’s empowerment, microfinance, and …
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