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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 …
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the poor : insights from the Hrishipara diaries
Rönkkö, Risto; Rutherford, Stuart; Sen, Kunal - 2021
economic and financial transactions of 60 individuals and their families in a semi-rural setting in Bangladesh on a real …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012483538
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Does an educated mind take the broader view? : a field experiment on in-group favouritism among microcredit clients
Kolstad, Ivar; Wiig, Arne - 2012
A number of studies document an in-group bias in social dilemma situations. While group structure and dynamics are important in shaping in-group favouritism, less attention has been paid to individual characteristics affecting favouritism. Using data from dictator games conducted among 523...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009537239
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Microcredit and poverty alleviation : can microcredit close the deal?
Quibria, Muhammad G. - 2012
This paper explores the relationship between microcredit and poverty reduction. To investigate this question, we posit a bare-bone, household model that outlines the economic environment within which various types of family microenterprises operate. It highlights a number of issues that impinge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009611719
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Recovery with distress : unpacking COVID-19 impact on livelihoods and poverty in Bangladesh
Rahman, Hussain Zillur; Rahman, Atiya; Faruk, Md. Saiful; … - 2022
Bangladesh, their coping strategies, and the extent to which policy support materialzed. While the poor as a whole demonstrated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012816294
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Skills, personality traits, and gender wage gaps : evidence from Bangladesh
Nordman, Christophe J.; Sarr, Leopold R.; Sharma, Smriti - 2018
We use a recent first-hand linked employer-employee survey covering the formal sector of Bangladesh to explain gender …
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The impact of impact evaluation : are impact evaluation and impact evaluation synthesis contributing to evidence generation and use in low- and middle-income countries?
Manning, Richard; Goldman, Ian; Hernández Licona, Gonzalo - 2020
In 2006 the Center for Global Development's report 'When Will We Ever Learn? Improving lives through impact evaluation' bemoaned the lack of rigorous impact evaluations. The authors of the present paper researched international organizations and countries including Mexico, Colombia, South...
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Access to microfinance and female labour force participation
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Shreya, Nudrat Faria; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2021
. We fill this gap by combining data on branch locations of the major microfinance institutions in Bangladesh with …Although microfinance started as a movement to improve women's economic wellbeing through increased female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012432965
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Poverty and land distribution : evidence from a natural experiment
Keswell, Malcolm; Carter, Michael R. - 2011
While land reforms have long been motivated as a potential policy lever of rural growth and development, there is remarkably little evidence of the direct impacts of such reforms. In an effort to fill this lacunae, this paper examines South Africa's Land Redistribution for Agricultural...
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Cash grants to manufacturers after Cyclone Idai : RCT evidence from Mozambique
Berkel, Hanna; Fisker, Peter Simonsen; Tarp, Finn - 2021
In March 2019, Cyclone Idai hit central Mozambique and caused widespread damage, including businesses in the enterprise sector. We use panel data and a randomized controlled trial to estimate the impact of unconditional cash grants on micro enterprises and their recovery. We find that, on...
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