countries after an aggregate income shock. The analysis is based on a data set in which the customer data of the microfinance … microfinance institution. The results support the hypothesis that especially transaction lending contributes to the problem of …

borrowing groups of the microfinance institutions Constanta (Georgia) and FORA (Russia), this study describes to what extent … individual lending mechanism - based on the experience of 130 borrowers of the Microfinance Bank of Georgia – shows that there …

microfinance in India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan in transforming the lives and social behaviour of the poor people of … this part of the world. This paper will try to establish the strong linkage between microfinance and capability building …

homestead wealth on use of nets purchased from the retail sector is well documented, however, the competing influence of mother … were collected at homestead, mother and child (aged < 5 years) levels. An assets-based wealth index was developed using … before the interview; 58% (327) of the nets used were purchased from the retail sector. Homestead wealth (adjusted OR = 10 …

This paper investigates the effects of wealth on consumer spending in the United States. A traditional life-cycle model … is estimated first. Although it does find a statistically significant wealth effect, its findings are unusable due to the … offered. First, wealth is divided into stock market and non-stock market components, second into liquid and illiquid …

wealth remains unexplored. This dissertation makes use of the 2008 Gallup World Poll and a novel wealth database compiled by … the World Bank to evaluate the effect of wealth, produced capital, and natural resources on life satisfaction. The …, pastureland and forestry. Subsoil asset wealth has no significant effect on life satisfaction.Blood feuds represent a significant …

Value-based management systems focus on wealth and the wealth creation process and promote the generation of value for … desired course of action to improve the wealth generating ability of the firm by managing these value drivers more effectively. …