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Labor and welfare impacts of a large-scale livelihoods program : quasi-experimental evidence from India

Pandey, Vivek; Gupta, Abhishek; Gupta, Shivani - 2019

Improving the livelihoods of poor households and transitioning more women back to the labor force is a major challenge in South Asia. Self-employment promoted through women's groups has often been cited as a promising intervention towards this end. However, the evidence on the impact of such...

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Can micro-credit support public health subsidy programs?

Augsburg, Britta; Caeyers, Bet; Malde, Bansi - 2019

constrained. This paper analyses whether, and how, micro-finance supports a large public health subsidy program in the developing … cluster randomised controlled experiment of a sanitation micro-finance program that coincided with the launch of the SBM …

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Can regulation promote financial inclusion?

Chen, Rong; Divanbeigi, Raian - 2019

Despite the commitments of the development community toward broader access to finance, financial inclusion rates worldwide are rather unsatisfactory. To date, around two billion adults do not have access to basic financial services such as savings and checking accounts. Attempting to bridge such...

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Micro-equity for microenterprises

De Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2019

Many microenterprises in developing countries have high returns to capital, but also face risky revenue streams. In principle, equity offers several advantages over debt when financing investments of this nature, but the use of equity in practice has been largely limited to investments in much...

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Can women's self-help groups contribute to sustainable development? : evidence of capability changes from Northern India

Anand, Paul; Saxena, Swati; Gonzalez, Rolando; Dang, … - 2019

This paper investigates a women's self-help group program with more than 1.5 million participants in one of the poorest rural areas of Northern India. The program has four streams of activity in micro-savings, agricultural enterprise training, health and nutrition education, and political...

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Interest rate caps : the theory and the practice

Ferrari, Aurora; Masetti, Oliver; Ren, Jiemin - 2018

Ceilings on lending rates remain a widely used policy tool that is intended to lower the overall cost of credit or protect consumers from exorbitant rates. Interest rate caps come in many forms and scopes and, according to their rationale, ceilings can affect a small segment or the overall...

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Are microcredit participants in Bangladesh trapped in poverty and debt?

Khandker, Shahidur R.; Samad, Hussain A. - 2013

This paper addresses whether microcredit participants in Bangladesh are trapped in poverty and debt, as many critics have argued in recent years. Analysis of data from a long panel survey over a 20-year period confirms this is not the case, although numerous participants have been with...

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Mali Financial Sector Assessment Program : The Microfinance Sector

World Bank - 2015

While the microfinance sector is extensively used in Mali (about 1 million members often based in rural areas), the … sector has experienced a major crisis for over six years. The clean-up of the microfinance remains the most pressing priority … for the Malian authorities and the adoption of the emergency plan for the microfinance sector is a key milestone to …

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Access to Finance for Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Bosnia and Herzegovina with a Focus on Gender : A Survey Report

World Bank Group - 2018

This report provides a baseline analysis of the status of access to finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) with a particular focus on women entrepreneur' ability and constraints in accessing finance in order to develop and grow their businesses. It is based on a...

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Transforming Microfinance Institutions in the Arab World : Opportunities, Challenges and Alignment of Interest

International Finance Corporation - 2018

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