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Women's Entrepreneurship and Microfinance
Neogi, Chiranjib (ed.); Bhandari, Amit Kumar (ed.);  … - 2017
This book offers a critical perspective on the issues related to women’s empowerment, microfinance, and … entrepreneurship in India. Written by distinguishing experts in this field, this book highlights women’s empowerment, which is a … undertaken by the government aiming to the right to work helped women who are bounded by social restrictions. Over time there is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397244
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Household vulnerability and conditional cash transfers : consumption smoothing effects of PROGRESA-Oportunidades in rural Mexico, 2003−2007
Uchiyama, Naoko - 2017
This book empirically analyzes the vulnerability of poor households in rural areas of Mexico and the effects of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program called PROGRESA-Oportunidades by adopting the two most recent sets of rural household panel data for 2003−2007. The period covered by this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397937
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Basic Income Worldwide : Horizons of Reform
Murray, Matthew C. (ed.); Pateman, Carole (ed.) - 2012
In the midst of growing criticism of current economic orthodoxies and welfare systems, basic income is growing in popularity. This is the first book to discuss existing at examples of basic income, in both rich and poor countries, and to consider its prospects in other places around the world.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106340
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Germany's 2005 Welfare Reform : Evaluating Key Characteristics with a Focus on Immigrants
Walter, Thomas - 2013
Introduction -- Background for the Empirical Analyses: Institutional Details and Data -- Centralized versus Decentralized Welfare Administration -- The Employment Effects of an Intensified Use of Benefit Sanctions -- The Effectiveness of Temporary Extra Jobs and Short-Term Training Programs --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016148
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Poverty Alleviation Investment and Private Economy in China : An Exploration of The Guangcai Programme
Wang, Lin - 2014
Preface -- Chapter I: The Development of the Guangcai Programme -- Chapter II: The Development of the Guangcai Programme -- Chapter III：Theoretical Structure of the Guangcai Programme -- Chapter IV：The Guangcai Programme and the Poverty Alleviation Mechanism of NGOs -- Chapter V：The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014017196
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The Value Chain of Foreign Aid : Development, Poverty Reduction, and Regional Conditions
Schabbel, Christian (contributor) - 2007
This book assesses the prospects of official development assistance (ODA) for poverty reduction. It analyzes the entire value chain of ODA, including provision, allocation and utilization. Within each of these components, coverage examines scope and limits of aid. The horizontal interactions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520668
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Development Connections : Unveiling the Impact of New Information Technologies
Chong, Alberto (ed.) - 2011
Development Connections takes stock of recent advances in what is broadly known as Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The authors seek to discover how information and telecommunication technologies affect both the public and private sectors in Latin America and how they can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053797
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Financing the Family : Remittances to Central America in a Time of Crisis
Inchauste, Gabriela (ed.); Stein, Ernesto (ed.) - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
Interest in learning how to make the most of the potential developmental benefits of remittance flows has grown worldwide. Financing the Family adds to that body of knowledge with a summary of recent research that emphasizes experimental approaches, focuses on Central America, and analyzes the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106401
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The Economic Impact of International Monetary Fund Programmes : Institutional Quality, Macroeconomic Stabilization and Economic Growth
Javed, Omer - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
Determinants: Economic Scenarios in Pakistan -- Concluding Remarks. … the effectiveness of IMF programmes in the case of Pakistan, a frequent user of IMF resources. . …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014019414
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Macroprudential Regulation and Policy for the Islamic Financial Industry : Theory and Applications
Zulkhibri, Muhamed (ed.); Ismail, Abdul Ghafar (ed.);  … - 2016
Financial Crisis Impacts on Banks’ Soundness: Evidence from Pakistan -- 11. Regulatory Framework for Islamic Finance: Malaysia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014019978