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Microfinance for poverty alleviation : do transnational initiatives overlook fundamental questions of competition and intermediation?
Arp, Frithjof; Ardisa, Alvin; Ardisa, Alviani - In: Transnational corporations : investment and development 24 (2017) 3, pp. 103-117
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Microfinance for poverty alleviation : do transnational initiatives overlook fundamental questions of competition and intermediation?
Arp, Frithjof; Ardisa, Alvin; Ardisa, Alviani - 2017
interview market participants and triangulate the perspectives of borrowers with those of formal and informal lenders …. Importantly, our research includes current and past borrowing from formal and informal sources, prompting participants to draw … unintended consequence of formal microfinance: The availability of formal low-interest microfinance creates informal …
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The gender pay gap across countries : a human capital approach
Polachek, Solomon W.; Xiang, Jun - 2014
Social Survey Programme), LIS (Luxembourg Income Study) and OECD wage data for 35 countries covering 1970-2002, we show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010424152
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Ethnic stereotypes and preferences on poverty assistance
Horváth, Ágnes; Janky, Béla - 2014
The authors introduce a simple model of public preferences on poverty assistance. Their focus is on the roles played by the socioeconomic status of a potential welfare recipient and the stereotypes about his/her ethnic group in shaping taxpayers' preferences on appropriate assistance. The model...
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Reinventing Savings Bonds
Schneider, Daniel - 2005
: U.S. savings bonds should be reinvigorated to help low and moderate income (LMI) families build assets. More and more …
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Employment and Working Conditions of Child Labour
Jha, Srirang - 2020
among the child labour supplying families. Supplementing family income and death or sickness of parents are major factors …
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The Determinants of Development Projects’ First Disbursement Delay : The Case of the African Development Bank
Gohou, Gaston - 2015
International aid effectiveness has recently been significantly questioned in the development literature with regard to the large amount of aid received by developing countries to finance development projects and the mixed results achieved. However, assessment of development projects is not an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013038720
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The Gender Pay Gap Across Countries : A Human Capital Approach
Polachek, Solomon W. - 2014
Social Survey Programme), LIS (Luxembourg Income Study) and OECD wage data for 35 countries covering 1970-2002, we show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044406
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Does Affirmative Action Incentivize Schooling? Evidence from India
Khanna, Gaurav - 2018
Affirmative action raises the likelihood of getting into college or obtaining a government job for minority groups in India. I study how this change in future prospects affects schooling incentives, and find that minority group students are incentivized to stay in school longer. This approach is...
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Impact investing and the fostering of entrepreneurship in disadvantaged urban areas : evidence from microdata in French banlieues
Boulongne, Romain; Durand, Rodolphe; Flammer, Caroline - 2020
We examine whether impact investing is more effective in fostering business venture success and social impact when investments are directed toward ventures located in disadvantaged urban areas (that is, areas with high crime, unemployment, and poverty) compared to similar investments directed...
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