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The need for financial innovation in electricity supply. Leading issues for sustainability of electrification in developing areas
Hernandez, Antonio San Segundo; Monroy, Carlos Rodriguez - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 27 (2007) 3, pp. 339-354
development. Financial sustainability and demand-side focus of projects are the most relevant parameters to consider for long …-term sustainability of electrification projects according to the research conducted among experts by the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid … sustainability of renewable projects. …
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The impact of external governance quality on the economic and social success of microfinance institutions
Müller, Oliver; Uhde, André - In: International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance 6 (2013) 2/3, pp. 116-149
Employing a Hausman-Taylor instrument variable (HT-IV) estimator to data from 558 microfinance institutions (MFIs) in … sustainability. Evidence as well suggests a negative relationship between external governance and the microbanks' social success … microfinance functional performance significantly depends on the microbanks' business concepts, their lending methodologies and …
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The need for financial innovation in electricity supply. Leading issues for sustainability of electrification in developing areas
Hernandez, Antonio San Segundo; Monroy, Carlos Rodriguez - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 27 (2007) 3, pp. 339-354
development. Financial sustainability and demand-side focus of projects are the most relevant parameters to consider for long …-term sustainability of electrification projects according to the research conducted among experts by the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid … sustainability of renewable projects. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818511
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Über die Anwendbarkeit eines neuen Fluktuationstests für Korrelationen auf Finanzzeitreihen
Wied, Dominik; Arnold, Matthias; Bissantz, Nicolai; … - In: AStA Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv 6 (2013) 3, pp. 87-103
We analyze a new fluctuation test for constant correlation with respect to its properties and possible applications in …
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Providing Microfinance and Social Space to Empower Adolescent Girls: An Evaluation of BRAC’s ELA Centres
Shahnaz, Rizwana; Karim, Raihana - eSocialSciences - 2010
social interventions in 2005 by setting up ELA (Employment and Livelihood for Adolescents) Centres for the ELA microfinance … group members. This study is intended to assess the usefulness of this combined approach. It is based on a panel dataset of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468424
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THE IMPACT OF THE BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL SIZE OF A COMPANY ALONG WITH GRI AND CSR ADOPTION ON INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING PRACTICES
Ioana-Maria, Dragu; Adriana, Tiron-Tudor - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2012) 1, pp. 916-920
GRI and CSR practices adoption, and the level of sustainability disclosure. The correlation is highlighted through SPSS …This paper intends to investigate the correlation between the business and organizational size of companies as well as … statistic analysis and determination of an econometric model between a dependent variable - sustainability information …
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Matching resources with demand: a flawed strategy?
Khan, Ashfaq Ahmad; Ahmad, Wiqar - In: Asia-Pacific Development Journal 20 (2013) 1, pp. 63-89
An organization’s survival depends largely on its capacity to withstand external “reorganizing” attempts. Little research, if any, has so far been undertaken examining the survival of an entire business sector where its constituents undergo an externally dictated change and as a result it...
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Microfinance efficiency in the West African Economic and Monetary Union: have reforms promoted sustainability or outreach?
KABLAN, Sandrine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This study aims to assess the microfinance institutions’ (MFIs’) efficiency in the West African Economic and Monetary … (where MFIs reach the population that the banks cannot), we ask whether these reforms have promoted sustainability or … financial efficiency on the other hand. Our results show that sustainability prevails. Indeed, we observe an increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260252
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Microfinance Engagements of the ‘Graduated’ TUP Members
Sulaiman, Munshi; Matin, Imran; Barua, Proloy; … - eSocialSciences - 2010
, microfinance for the poorest may take longer to achieve sustainability. Even within the ultra poor household group, the better … of their engagement with microfinance. With a lower borrower-member ratio and relatively smaller sized credit …-off ones are more likely to engage themselves with microfinance. Their engagement in semi-formal microfinance does not reduce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008520808
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Issues in Subsidies and Sustainability of Microfinance: An Empirical Investigation
Nawaz, Ahmad - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2010
paper investigates the relationship between the sustainability and the efficiency of microfinance. Using Yaron’s Subsidy … Dependence Index (SDI) as a measure of sustainability, a panel data set has been generated from the audit reports of the 179 MFIs …The social nature of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) is mainly financed by subsidies received from the donors. This …
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