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Evaluating Rural Electrification Projects - Methodological Approaches
Peters, Jörg - 2009
In recent years, the international community has expanded efforts in programme evaluation to improve the accountability of development projects. This paper presents approaches to implementing state-of-the-art evaluations in rural electrification projects, taking into account specific challenges...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265820
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Poverty and wellbeing impacts of microfinance : what do we know?
Maîtrot, Mathilde; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel - 2017
Over the last 35 years, microfinance has been generally regarded as an effective policy tool in the fight against … address this question, we conduct a systematic review of the quantitative literature of microfinance's impacts in the … the limited comparability of outcomes and the heterogeneity of microfinance-lending technologies, together with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776445
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Financial literacy and food safety standards in Guatemala : the heterogeneous impact of GlobalGAP on farm income
Müller, Anna K.; Theuvsen, Ludwig - 2015
The transformation of the global agrifood system is characterized by the increasing importance of food safety and quality standards. This trend is challenging farmers in countries like Guatemala, who often lack necessary skills and assets. We contribute to the ongoing discussion about the impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491638
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Does microfinance program innovation reduce income inequality? : cross-country and panel data analysis
Miled, Kamel Bel Hadj; Younsi, Moheddine; Landolsi, Monia - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 11 (2022), pp. 1-15
This paper uses cross-country and panel data set to test the significance of microfinance on income inequality … microfinance in reducing inequality at the macro level. Moreover, our results suggest that microfinance loans can lead to improve … recommendations to policymakers, as they could generate suitable strategies to consider microfinance institutions as a more popular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012803816
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Impacts of Trade Liberalization on the Development of Agricultural Sector and its Prospected Role in Development in Developing Countries
Rahahela, Mohammed - 2015
This study constitutes an attempt to empirically evaluate, in a cross-country context, the respective roles of various theories of dynamic gains from trade liberalization in explaining observed positive impact of trade openness on development and agriculture sector and the prospected role of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014208149
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Evaluating rural electrification projects : methodological approaches
Peters, Jörg - 2009
In recent years, the international community has expanded efforts in programme evaluation to improve the accountability of development projects. This paper presents approaches to implementing state-of-the-art evaluations in rural electrification projects, taking into account specific challenges...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003884946
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Rendite machen und Gutes tun? : Mikrokredite und die Folgen neoliberaler Entwicklungspolitik
Klas, Gerhard (ed.); Mader, Philip (contributor) - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010527343
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Menstruation hygiene management and work attendance in a developing country
Krenz, Astrid; Strulik, Holger - 2019
Women in developing countries face challenges in terms of managing their menstrual hygiene. Oftentimes they do not possess the right means nor materials nor have access to the right facilities. Using a newly released dataset for Burkina Faso and propensity score matching, we provide for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951248
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The Role of Family Ties for the Optimal Design of Human Capital Contracts
Flammer, Caroline - 2012
This paper studies the problem of financing a child's primary education when the parent is faced with credit constraints, contracting with minors is not possible and the legal enforceability of contracts is limited – a profound problem in many developing countries. It presents a model in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113723
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Factors Leading to the Malfunctioning of Credit Markets in Less-Developed Economies and the Role of Microfinance Institutions in Poverty Alleviation
Rostom, Ahmed Mohamed - 2014
This mimeo discusses the relative significance of Microfinance to the poor in developed Economies. We analyse different … vehicles of microfinance to the poor in less developed Countries (LDCs hereafter). The analysis also covers a global overview … for Microfinance activity, and the dominant factors leading to the malfunction of credit lending in the LDCs and its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013066944