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This study is based on the results of the non-monetary poverty estimation of the beneficiaries of microfinance in Mali … microfinance program could involve a reduction in the poverty gap between men and women beneficiaries. … (Koloma, 2011). Its aim is to examine the determinants of the "gap" of poverty by gender. The regression model according to …
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This study is based on the results of the non-monetary poverty estimation of the beneficiaries of microfinance in Mali … microfinance program could involve a reduction in the poverty gap between men and women beneficiaries. … (Koloma, 2011). Its aim is to examine the determinants of the "gap" of poverty by gender. The regression model according to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010564001
by three indicators related to microfinance institutions (MFIs) and then examine its effect on poverty reduction at the …This article is distinct in its application of the logit transformation to the poverty ratio for the purpose of … statistically significant and robust effect on decreasing the poverty ratio. …
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If the set of households which are income poor does not fully overlap with the set of the consumption poor, it could well be that income and consumption expenditure convey different information regarding an unobserved variable on the basis of which families allocate their resources...
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Impact analysis of microfinance programmes is a useful tool both for improving the offered services and for … guaranteeing donors that the money granted are used for programmes effective in poverty reduction. The present paper is constituted … consumption. Furthermore, an increase in female empowerment clearly dependent on the participation to microfinance programme is …
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Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards. Income dispersion largely originates from the labour market, which is characterised by a still high unemployment rate, a pervasive informal sector and a wide wage dispersion...
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Poverty rates of women are usually not or only slightly higher than those of men. Thus the statement "poverty is female …" cannot be confirmed empirically. This is at least the case if the typical poverty measures are used. Nevertheless gender … inequalities and low pay of women are a main source of poverty. This is shown for the case of Germany by empirical investigations …
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This study examines the nature and extent of time poverty experienced by men and women in subsistence households in …% of men face time constraints. Women’s time poverty worsens when the burden of simultaneous care work is taken into … determinants of time poverty show that measures of bargaining power like assets and education do not necessarily affect time …
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Single mothers are vulnerable to living in poverty in contemporary European societies, which translates into economic … crucial one. In this article we address this issue by focusing on child benefits and exploring their impact on the poverty … child benefits play a major role in complementing the household income of single mothers but that the poverty …
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We examine how the impact on women empowerment varies with respect to the location and type of group linkage of the respondent. Using household survey data from five states in India, we correct for selection bias to estimate a structural equation model. Our results reveal that in the southern...
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