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Poverty and wellbeing impacts of microfinance : what do we know?
Maîtrot, Mathilde; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel - 2017
Over the last 35 years, microfinance has been generally regarded as an effective policy tool in the fight against … address this question, we conduct a systematic review of the quantitative literature of microfinance's impacts in the … the limited comparability of outcomes and the heterogeneity of microfinance-lending technologies, together with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776445
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Sensitivity of loan size to lending rates : evidence from Ghana's microfinance sector
Annim, Samuel Kobina - 2011
This paper examines the combined effect of interest rates and poverty levels of microfinance clients on loan size … poverty level is suggested in targeting and sustaining microfinance clients. -- interest rate ; sensitivity ; loan ; poor … ; microfinance ; Ghana …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008809226
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Formalization and productivity : firm-level evidence from Viet Nam
Lay, Jann; Tafese, Tevin - 2020
Using a firm-level panel dataset on private small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Viet Nam's manufacturing sector, this paper examines productivity dynamics of formal and informal firms. We decompose productivity changes into changes within and between formal and informal firms. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012405628
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Breaking the metal ceiling : female entrepreneurs who succeed in male-dominated sectors
Campos, Francisco; Goldstein, Markus P.; McGorman, Laura; … - 2017
Occupational segregation significantly contributes to the earnings gender gap worldwide. We look at differences in outcomes for male and female enterprises and their sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, a region of high female participation in entrepreneurship. Data on Uganda show that women breaking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776599
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Putting it all together : aggregating impacts of school-feeding programmes on education, health and nutrition: two proposed methodologies
Gelli, Aulo; Espejo, Francisco; Shen, Jing; … - 2014
School-feeding is an important intervention to attract children to school and augment their learning. The benefits of school-feeding cover several domains. Key to the overall assessment of these benefits is understanding how different implementation models compare to each other and to other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010239454
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Mutual interdependence between elites and the poor
Kalebe-Nyamongo, Chipiliro - 2010
of the poor has a positive or negative impact on elite welfare. Drawing on research into elite views of poverty and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697409
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Populist strategies in African democracies
Resnick, Danielle - 2010
Drawing on insights from Latin America, this paper examines the factors that contributed to the use of populist strategies by political parties during recent presidential elections in Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia. Specifically, the paper argues that the nature of party competition in Africa,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697425
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A re-examination of the relation between democracy and international trade : the case of Africa
Balding, Christopher - 2011
. Economic freedom does not have the expected impact on international trade levels, but quality of governance variables have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310297
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Does foreign aid harm political institutions?
Jones, Sam; Tarp, Finn - 2015
The notion that foreign aid harms the institutions of recipient governments remains prevalent. We combine new disaggregated aid data and various metrics of political institutions to re-examine this relationship. Long-run cross-section and alternative dynamic panel estimators show a small...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342274
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Disadvantage and discrimination in self-employment : caste gaps in earnings in Indian small businesses
Deshpande, Ashwini; Sharma, Smriti - 2015
Using the 2004-05 India Human Development Survey data, we estimate and decompose the earnings of household businesses owned by historically marginalized social groups known as Scheduled Castes and Tribes (SCSTs), and non-SCSTs across the earnings distribution. We find clear differences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325714