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Microfinance, commercialisation and ethics
Schmidt, Reinhard H. - 2008
This paper discusses the so-called commercial approach to microfinance under economic and ethical aspects. It first shows how microfinance has developed from a purely welfare-oriented activity to a commercially relevant line of banking business. The background of this stunning success is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271345
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Networks of Micro and Small Enterprise Banks: A Contribution to Financial Sector Development
Schmidt, Reinhard H.; Von Pischke, J.D. - 2004
microfinance banks operating in several parts of the world. After discussing why financial sector development is a crucial … present the world's largest and most successful network of microfinance banks. This network is a good example of a well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316100
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Microfinance 3.0: Reconciling Sustainability with Social Outreach and Responsible Delivery
Köhn, Doris (contributor) - 2013
This book focuses on the achievements, current trends and further potential of microfinance to scale-up and serve many more clients with financial services that enable them to improve their living conditions. The book asks what it takes to achieve sustainable impact: to know your clients and to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902374
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Auf dem Weg zur weltanschaulichen Bekenntnisschule: Das wirtschaftspolitische Leitbild der Hochschule Pforzheim
Maurer, Rainer - 2015
Dieses Diskussionspapier beleuchtet die PRME-Verpflichtung der Hochschule Pforzheim und die daraus resultierenden Probleme (Abschnitt 2) aus vier Perspektiven: der erkenntnistheoretischen (Abschnitt 3), der erfahrungswissenschaftlichen (Abschnitt 4), der juristischen (Abschnitt 5) und einer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327906
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Quantifying sustainability: A new approach and world ranking
Carraro, Carlo; Campagnolo, Lorenza; Eboli, Fabio; … - 2012
evolution of all indicators over time throughout the world, and (ii) the aggregation methodology to reconcile them in one … current sustainability at world level differs from what the traditional measure of well-being, the GDP, depicts, highlighting … the trade-offs among different components of sustainability. Moreover, in the next decade a slight decrease in world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294272
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Interactions between Climate and Trade Policies: A Survey
Galeotti, Marzio; Kemfert, Claudia - 2004
Economic globalization affects the environment and sustainable development in several ways and through various channels. The purpose of this paper is to review the key links between globalization and the environment. The paper intends to consider the major issues in multilateral economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324958
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How Fast are the Tourism Countries Growing? The cross-country evidence
Brau, Rinaldo; Lanza, Alessandro; Pigliaru, Francesco - 2003
Specializing in tourism is an option available to a number of less developed countries and regions. But is it a good option? To answer this question, we have compared the relative growth performance of 14 "tourism countries" within a sample of 143 countries, observed during the period 1980-95....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325125
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The impact of trade and economic growth on the environment: revisiting the cross-country evidence
Abdulai, Awudu; Ramcke, Linda - 2009
This paper explores the interrelations between economic growth, international trade and environmental degradation both theoretically and empirically. Panel data from developed and developing countries for the period of 1980 to 2003 is used and previous critique, especially on the econometric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263550
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Natural resources: Curse or blessing?
van der Ploeg, Frederick - 2010
Are natural resources a 'curse' or a 'blessing'? The empirical evidence suggests either outcome is possible. The paper surveys a variety of hypotheses and supporting evidence for why some countries benefit and others lose from the presence of natural resources. These include that a resource...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270490
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The Stability of the Adjusted and Unadjusted Environmental Kuznets Curve
Becchetti, Leonardo; Auci, Sabrina - 2005
In our paper, we test the stability of the unadjusted and adjusted Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). Our results provide evidence in favour of the significance of the adjusted EKC hypothesis in which the impact of per capita GDP on the intensity of CO2 emissions is evaluated conditionally to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312303