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Agricultural Credit - Accomplishments and Challenges
Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2012
Agriculture’s share in GDP is less than 15 per cent but it still remains the direct domain of over half of the population whose economic prospects are linked to the performance of agriculture. There are many schemes taken by NABARD to improve the agricultural sector but there ahead which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133106
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Impact Assessment of CFPR/TUP: A Descriptive Analysis Based on 2002-2005 Panel Data
Sulaiman, Munshi; Rabbani, Mehnaz; Prakash, Vivek A. - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper looks at the overall performance of the CFPR/TUP programme using the 2002 baseline survey and 2005 repeat survey. All the topics covered in this study could be analysed more deeply, but that is beyond the scope of this paper. Our goal here is to present a descriptive overview of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008504571
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Targeting the Poorest in Microfinance: Poverty Outreach of BDP Ultra Poor Programme
Sulaiman, Munshi; Barua, Proloy - eSocialSciences - 2006
microfinance clients in Bangladesh are among the poorest. It is from the realization that even within the existing microfinance …Despite the general consensus that microfinance does not reach the poorest; recent evidence suggests that nearly 15% of … benefit from microfinance services. This study attempts to assess the targeting effectiveness of the BDP ultra poor programme …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341730
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Should Asian Countries Adopt Gm Crops Despite Trade Regulations
Gruère, Guillaume - eSocialSciences - 2009
crops in India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the presence of trade regulations. [IFPRI Brief No.13] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512469
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A Case-Control Study to Assess the Relationship Between Poverty and Visual Impairment from Cataract in Kenya, Philippines and Bangladesh
Kuper, Hannah; Polack, Sarah; Eusebio, Cristina; … - eSocialSciences - 2008
Kenya, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. A population-based case–control study was conducted in three countries during 2005 …, 75 controls; Bangladesh 216 cases, 279 controls; Philippines 238 cases, 180 controls). [PLoS Medicine December 2008]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699041
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A Comparison of the Industrialization Paths for Asian Services Outsourcing Industries, and Implications for Poverty Alleviation
Tschang, F Ted - eSocialSciences - 2011
stages of development (in the People’s Republic of China [PRC] and the Philippines) and one mature one (in India). Being … latecomers to offshoring work, the PRC and the Philippines have developed this industry in cooperation with multinational … Philippines has relied on MNEs to come in and set up facilities, with domestic firms setting up facilities where lower (knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009350540
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Combining Methodologies for Better Targeting of the Extreme Poor: Lessons from BRAC’s CFPR/TUP Programme
Matin, Imran; Halder, Shantana R - eSocialSciences - 2007
To assess the effectiveness and draw lessons from the targeting strategy used in a new BRAC programme called Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction-Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR/TUP) that aims to experiment with a different type of approach to address extreme rural poverty. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170194
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Improving the Economic Condition of Farmers
GoK, Government of Karnataka - eSocialSciences - 2008
The Official Group would like to recommend a set of policy initiatives for the consideration of the Government of Karnataka. The recommendations of the Official Group are grouped under the following headings: 1. Creating Multiple Sources of Farm Income; 2. ‘Raitha Shakthi’ -...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699036
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Microfinance Bill: Too Many Wrinkles
Asher, Mukul; Shankar, Savita - eSocialSciences - 2007
A regulator should promote social entrepreneurship and tap into the considerable expertise existing in the micro-finance … micro-finance services in a sustainable manner. The new bill needs to be reworked to amend its many deficiencies. …
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In Conversation with Mohammed Yunus
Rao, Kala - eSocialSciences - 2007
In Mumbai to open an office of the Grameen Foundation, Professor Yunus spoke on the growing role of microfinance in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250153