in poverty transition -- Diversification of income and employment : how does microfinance affect agriculture …? -- Distributional impacts -- Effects of noncredit participation -- Does microfinance pay off? -- Beyond ending poverty -- Appendix A …Preface -- About the authors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Rural nonfarm growth and poverty reduction …

This report investigates the poverty outreach of 14 microfinance institutions (MFI) across six Latin American countries … poverty likelihood using the Progress Out of Poverty Index (a.k.a. Simple Poverty Scorecard) supplemented by in … two interlinked factors driving poverty outreach across some Latin American markets: competition and over …

Sierra Leone and offer a set of priority areas of intervention to further the twin goals of reducing extreme poverty and … the potential to unlock growth, reduce poverty, and improve the lives of the Sierra Leonean population …

identifies the key challenges and opportunities for Burundi to accelerate progress in poverty reduction and shared prosperity in … living conditions; and (ii) the many competing 'binding' reasons for poverty in Burundi. Burundi is a densely populated, poor …

understand poverty's determinants. Exploiting data from the 2017 household expenditure survey, as well as administrative and … geospatial data, it provides a detailed analysis of poverty in the country, its strong link to labor market outcomes, and the … shows that over a fifth of the Djiboutian population continues to live in extreme poverty and that the country has high …

. The backward-looking analysis aims to draw lessons on the determinants of poverty and sustainable and inclusive growth … from (a) stakeholder consultations; (b) a poverty profile; (c) a jobs profile; and (d) a review of Cote d … trajectories. The poverty analysis shows that over the past 25 years, poverty has deepened considerably, in particular in rural …

Development Goals pertaining to environment and poverty, and the voices calling for new approaches through green new deal, green …

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