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Spanning the Chasm: Uniting Theory and Empirics in Microfinance Research

Fischer, Greg; Ghatak, Maitreesh - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010

Microfinance continues to play an ever increasing role in approaches topoverty alleviation around the world. Yet … mystery. From its inception, microfinance generated agreat deal of interest from economic theorists. Influential papers from …

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Women and Finance in Rural andUrban Sudan: A Case Study inGreater Omdurman and Khartoum

Schultz, Ulrike; Makkawi, Asia; Al Fatih, Tayseer - Universität <Berlin, Humboldt-Universität> / … - 2008

In the paper it is inquired how Sudanese women use the financial institutions in order toorganise their lives between market, household, and the community. The results arebased on interviews and observations done in two villages in the surroundings ofOmdurman (Al Gharaza and Sanahir), displaced...

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DEFINING POVERTY LINES AS A FRACTION OFCENTRAL TENDENCY

Muller, Christophe - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics - 2000

measured by the Gini coeffcient isconstant, dening the poverty line as a fraction of a central tendency of theliving standard … distribution restricts the evolution of the poverty measuresto be stable... …

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The Role of Micro-financing in Rural Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries

Juanah, Momoh - Hochschule <Wismar> / Fachbereich Wirtschaft - 2005

some measures whichcan enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of microfinance as an instrumentfor reducing rural poverty … general, rural poverty in particular and microfinance services andinstitutions in the developing countries (using the cases of … selected countries),the increase in popularity of microfinance as an instrument for addressing theproblem of rural poverty in …

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Sweden´s Pensioners: How They Have Fared in theRoller Coaster Ride through the Past Decade and aHalf of Deep Recession and Economic Exuberance

Gustafsson, Björn; Johansson, Mats; Palmer, Edward - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This study analyses the development of the economic well-being of the elderly in Swedensince 1990 - a period characterized by increased influence from the financial market andextreme economic events - using data from the Household Income Survey. The elderly werenot isolated as pensions were cut,...

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Determinants of Poverty during Transition:Household Survey Evidence from Ukraine

Brück, Tilman; Danzer, Alexander M.; Muravyev, Alexander; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

The paper analyzes the incidence, the severity and the determinants of household poverty inUkraine during transition … various poverty lines... …

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Overcrowding in British Cities in 1904

Gazeley, Ian; Newell, Andrew - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper presents an analysis of housing conditions amongst the British urban workingclass in 1904, using a re-discovered survey.1 We investigate overcrowding and we find majorregional differences...

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Analysing the Effects of Tax-Benefit Reforms onIncome Distribution: A Decomposition Approach

Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposingchanges in inequality/poverty indices into three contributions: reforms of the tax …

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Poverty in Britain in 1904:An Early Social Survey Rediscovered

Gazeley, Ian; Newell, Andrew - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Until now there have been no national estimates of the extent of poverty in Britain at the turnof the 20th century … deficiencies. Weuse these data to estimate urban poverty in the British Isles in 1904... …

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Wirtschaftsethik

Pies, Ingo; von Winning, Alexandra - Universität <Halle, Saale> / Lehrstuhl für … - 2004

Wirtschaftsethik primär behandelten Probleme wie Umweltverschmutzung, Korruption, Arbeitslosigkeit oder Armut nicht lösbar sind, ohne …

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