Faced with a phenomenal growth of population the world has embarked upon a population stabilization policy that has led the fertility rate to fall and the work-age population for the future to shrink, pushing the world to a serious economic crisis more particularly after 2050 when only a...

Integration of the national economy with global economy is the natural outcome and the end result of economic development processes in any nation. In the political economy of the world with unequal nations and imperfect competition the north-pushed capitalist globalization is a suspect of...

This study by Md. Mahmudul Alam and Professor Rafiqul Islam Molla on microfinance comes at the right time when the microfinance movement has come under attack from various quarters. There are exaggerated claims and counter-claims about microfinance's impact on poverty alleviation – one side...

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The microfinance movement that began as a programme of actionresearch in a small village by Professor Muhammad in 1976 has quickly become a global phenomenon, attracting more than 100 million borrowers world-wide. The movement has been hailed as an innovative tool for poverty eradication

Micro-entrepreneurial activities play a pivotal role in rural economic development in the third world countries. As a result, in Bangladesh poverty alleviation through rural centric micro-entrepreneurship development has been focused for more than thirty five years. Over 600 registered and...

Private (first sector) and public (second sector) sector economics, both individually and jointly, have failed to ensure the wellbeing of human societies on the national and global levels. In response, social enterprise (third sector) economics, which features cooperatives and not-for-profit...

Microcredit is regarded as a tool for poverty alleviation. A stereotyped delivery system is designed and used for promoting and serving survival and subsistence level economic activities, particularly for poor female clients. In Bangladesh its success has raised social expectations as to its...

The climatic factors are changing very rapidly in Malaysia. For the farmers to adapt with the changes, government and other external agencies are providing several supports. But still there is a gap between farmers' adaptability with climate change and current level of supports. This study uses...

Microcredit typically refers to petty collateral-free credits given to groups of poor members in the society for their socioeconomic emancipation. It is claimed to be an effective tool for enhancing income of the poor primarily through creation of self-employment opportunities for them in a...