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. 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 … entrepreneurship in particular, its impact on women's attitudes toward and participation in the labour market is not fully understood …
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This paper studies the decline of the labour share in Mexico during the period 1990-2015. It calculates the wage share and alternative measures of the labour income share (which includes labour income of the self-employed) for the whole economy, the private business sector, and its major...
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The Bangladesh economy has undergone significant structural changes over the last four decades. The share of … overwhelmingly salient component of Bangladesh's export composition, this is due primarily to the rapid expansion of the ready … Bangladesh economy, aiming to tackle inequality and promote inclusive growth. …
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"agricultural reformation" of rural Bangladesh, whereby the growth of the non-farm economy and increased connectivity of rural areas … the findings of primary fieldwork on the char islands of north-west Bangladesh which examined the processes resulting from … in rural Bangladesh. Because of this, the activities of the CLP have the potential to be "transformative …
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This article examines the relationship between women's economic and social empowerment in the context of extreme … poverty. It is based on the findings of primary fieldwork on the char islands of north-west Bangladesh, investigating the … cattle. This article argues that interventions which adopt primarily an economic entry point can contribute to women …
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Bangladesh, their coping strategies, and the extent to which policy support materialzed. While the poor as a whole demonstrated …, representing an unfair burden of distress resilience. Informal workers, women, and the urban poor have been disproportionately …
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economic and financial transactions of 60 individuals and their families in a semi-rural setting in Bangladesh on a real …
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This paper explores agricultural performance of Mozambique, its institutional weaknesses, and the underlying factors that underpin an unsatisfactory performance during many decades. We point to the role of systemic political instability and violence combined with challenges to state legitimacy....
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This paper is a review of the institutions and the performance of the agricultural sector in Mozambique, using an … analysis table adapted to the assessment of the connections between the institutions and economic development. In the first … development of the sector institutions influenced agricultural performance during that period. There was found to have been …
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officials', even when non-corrupt, significantly distort anti-corruption institutions by choosing a lower detection probability …
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