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Rural Financial Markets in Developing Countries
Conning, Jonathan; Udry, Christopher - 2005
This review examines portions of the vast literature on rural financial markets and household behavior in the face of risk and uncertainty. We place particular emphasis on studying the important role of financial intermediaries, competition and regulation in shaping the changing structure and...
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Rural Factors Markets in China after the Household Responsibility System Reform
Lin, Justin Yifu - 1987
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Finance for Food: Towards New Agricultural and Rural Finance
Köhn, Doris (contributor) - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902375
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Rural Finance and Developments in Philippine Rural Financial Markets: Issues and Policy Research Challenges
Llanto, Gilberto M. - 2004
The shift to a market-oriented credit and financial policy was expected to spur rural financing by the private sector that would help usher growth in the agriculture and rural areas. However, the rural areas have continued to suffer from the lack of access to financial services of banks. Despite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429732
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Risk in agriculture as impediment to rural lending: the case of North-Western Kazakhstan
Petrick, Martin; Ditges, C. Markus - 2000
On the basis of portfolio selection theory, this paper finds that whole-farm risk must be regarded as a major reason for the low level of credit flow to agriculture in North-western Kazakhstan. A quadratic programming model was used in order (a) to demonstrate the comparatively high overall risk...
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Policy Options for Rice and Corn Farmers in the Face of Seasonal Climate Variability
Domingo, Sonny N.; Gonzales, Kathrina G.; Mina, Christian D. - 2009
In the face of seasonal climate variability, the smallholder farmers, particularly those in rural communities, are among the most adversely affected. As a way to address this, together with concern on low productivity, the Philippine government has been implementing a range of risk management...
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Crop Insurance: Security for Farmers and Agricultural Stakeholders in the Face of Seasonal Climate Variability
Domingo, Sonny N.; Reyes, Celia M. - 2009
Crop insurance is a risk management tool designed to even out agricultural risks and address the consequences of natural disasters to make losses more bearable, especially to the marginalized farmers. In the Philippines, the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) implements and manages the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421138
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Policy reforms and incentives in rice production in Bangladesh
Selim, Sheikh; Parvin, Naima - 2007
) of rice production in Bangladesh. The incentive component of TFP assists in explaining farmers’ response to incentives …
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The Impact of Agricultural Mechanisation on Poverty Alleviation in a Seasonal Environment: a project evaluation from northern Bangladesh
Zug, Sebastian - 2008
line with their policies. In the example of Bangladesh poverty reduction is the principle concern of rural development … analysed, which is going to be implemented in a vast area of Northern Bangladesh. Through agricultural extension a short …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011918476
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Child Labour in Bangladesh - An Analysis of Gaps and Weaknesses of the Existing Legal Framework
Norpoth, Johannes; Groß, Lukas; Aktar, Rahima - 2014
accepted, scenario particularly in some developing countries. Bangladesh is one of the countries that still face the challenge … poverty. In recent years Bangladesh has taken various measures, including legal measures, to address the situation. This paper … reviews reports on the child labour situation in Bangladesh and the current legal framework for child labour and demonstrates …
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