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Self-employed women and their access to finance : perspectives from the informal sector
Kasseeah, Harshana; Tandrayen-Ragoobur, Verena - In: African journal of science, technology, innovation & … 7 (2015) 3/4, pp. 247-254
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The Role of Micro Credit on Women Empowerment Through Poverty Alleviation, Self Employment and Health Nutrition Under Post War Development
Yogendrarajah, Rathiranee - 2014
More than 65 million poor people have accessed microcredit schemes and about three quarters of them are women. This paper addresses the challenging issue of whether the microcredit programmes are tools for empowering poor women. For this purpose the problem is identified as ― to what extent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054655
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Education, social identity and self-employment over time : evidence from a developing country
Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan; Shrivastava, Mili; Mishra, Tapas - In: Small business economics : an international journal 59 (2022) 4, pp. 1449-1468
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Time use and labour supply in rural households
Horrell, Sara; Mosley, Paul - In: Work, female empowerment and economic development, (pp. 32-81). 2008
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Microfinance, vulnerability and risk in low income households
Swain, Ranjula Bali; Floro, Maria Sagrario - In: International review of applied economics 28 (2014) 5, pp. 539-561
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The intensive margin of technology adoption : experimental evidence on improved cooking stoves in rural Senegal
Bensch, Gunther; Peters, Jörg - In: Journal of health economics 42 (2015), pp. 44-63
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Factors influencing household willingness to pay (WTP) for water : a case study
Venkatachalam, L. - 2003
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Air pollution trade-offs in developing countries : an empirical model of health effects in Goa, India
Das, Sanghamitra; Dayal, Vikram; Murugesan, Anand; … - In: Environment and development economics 27 (2022) 2, pp. 145-166
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Household Energy Access and Expenditure in Developing Countries : Evidence from India, 1987-2010
Alkon, Meir - 2016
on energy. Using nationally representative household data from India, 1987-2010, this article describes and explains … trends in household energy expenditure. While monthly household spending on energy has increased in many Indian states, this … change is not driven by increased household affluence. Statistical analysis shows that when modern fuels (LPG for cooking …
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Economics of Household Technology Adoption in Developing Countries : Evidence From Solar Technology Adoption in Rural India
Aklin, Michaël - 2018
poorly understood. Using data on solar microgrid adoption from rural India, we investigate the determinants of household … results show that household expenditures and savings as well as the household head's entrepreneurial attitude are strong … technology adoption decisions. These findings suggest new directions for research on the microeconomics of household technology …
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