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Financial Access of the Urban Poor in India : A Story of Exclusion
Rajeev, Meenakshi - 2017
This book focuses on the issue of financial exclusion with particular reference to the urban informal sector in India. Continuing the work of its predecessor, the current Government of India is also placing considerable importance on driving policy initiatives for financial inclusion. However,...
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Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across Africa : Context, Challenges, Cases
Achtenhagen, Leona (ed.); Brundin, Ethel (ed.) - 2016
personnel and environmental concerns. Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across Africa: Context, Challenges, Cases will be … -- Section IV: Commentary -- Chapter 13: Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across Africa: A perspective and a short review …This book focuses on issues related to entrepreneurship and SME management on the African continent by providing …
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BRICS Innovative Competitiveness Report 2017
Zhao, Xinli (ed.); Li, Minrong (ed.); Huang, Maoxing (ed.);  … - 2018
South Africa gradually picking up speed and climbing out of the trough. It estimates that the five countries’ national …, Technology and Innovation -- Chapter 8 South Africa Report on Science, Technology and Innovation -- Chapter 9 Study on Digital …
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From Itinerant Trade to Moneylending in the Era of Financial Inclusion : Households, Debts and Masculinity among Calon Gypsies of Northeast Brazil
Fotta, Martin - 2018
This book analyses how Calon Gypsies in Brazil have responded to global financial transformations and shifted their economic practices from itinerant trade to moneylending. It also explores their role as ethnic credit providers, offering rare insight into the financial lives of poor and...
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Building Financial Resilience : Do Credit and Finance Schemes Serve or Impoverish Vulnerable People?
Buckland, Jerry - 2018
This book examines how credit and finance schemes affect the financial lives of vulnerable people around the world. These schemes include payday lending, matched savings, and financial literacy in the Global North, and micro-credit and mobile banking in the Global South. Buckland sets these...
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Financial Inclusion in Asia : Issues and Policy Concerns
Gopalan, Sasidaran (ed.); Kikuchi, Tomoo (ed.) - 2016
This book brings together a set of analytical and empirical essays aimed at understanding inclusive finance in emerging markets focusing on Asia. Despite the significant policy interest in the issue of financial inclusion in the Asian market, there is a dearth of academic literature on the...
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Tourism Marketing for Developing Countries : Battling Stereotypes and Crises in Asia, Africa and the Middle East
Avraham, Eli - 2016
Africa to battle stereotypes, negative images and crises in order to attract tourists …
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African Diaspora Direct Investment : Establishing the Economic and Socio-cultural Rationale
Hack-Polay, Dieu (ed.); Siwale, Juliana (ed.) - 2018
investment? Diaspora Contribution to Poverty Alleviation in Francophone West Africa; Dieu Hack-Polay -- Part II. Management of … Diaspora Businesses -- 6. Diaspora Networks: A Social Capital Source for Entrepreneurship in Low-Income and Emerging Economies …; Amon Simba & Nathanael Ojong -- 7. Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurship: Do Local Social Networks in Home Country Matter …
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Alumni Leadership and University Excellence in Africa : The Case of Lagos Business School
Onukwuba, Henry O. - 2018
explores the impact of strong alumni leadership on university excellence in Africa. Strong leadership is crucial to the success …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012395823
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Logistics and Global Value Chains in Africa : The Impact on Trade and Development
Adewole, Adebisi (ed.); Struthers, John J. (ed.) - 2019
logistics and supply chain infrastructure in the development of Africa. Skilled authors present critical analysis of the current … state of logistics in Africa, and suggest improvements to policy and practice which address the issue of poor trading … awareness of the need for better trade infrastructure in Africa in order to ensure the continent’s economic development …
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