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In March 2020, with the realization of the enormity of the threat posed by the COVID-19 virus, financial markets exhibited unusual volatility. According to the Federal Reserve's narrative, financial markets became dysfunctional; that narrative implies the belief that market participants could no...
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Partial credit guarantees have been a central tool in countries' strategies to support firms through the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper presents the results of a set of surveys covering 19 partial credit guarantees in 12 countries in the Latin America region, which were repeated at different...
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This study was conducted in Malaysia to examine the effectiveness of the microfinance programme for urban single mother … microfinance programmes. Using a positivist paradigm and employing quantitative methods through online questionnaire distribution … empowerment, digital empowerment, and governance aspects for microfinance programme success, and provide empirical backing for …
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COVID-19 is the ongoing menace to the all over the world, labelled as pandemic and worst economic shock in recent history. Sri Lanka is one of the most vulnerable middle-income countries suffer most during this novel virus outbreak. The economic impact of covid-19 can expect substantially both...
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COVID-19 virus is one of the most dangerous viruses that originated in Wuhan, China. Today it is facing a very tragic fate for the people of the world. In addition, the COVID-19 virus has crippled all sectors of Sri Lanka, including GDP, imports, exports, the stock market and the tourism...
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We use a labor search model with heterogenous households and firms to study the efficacy of a wage subsidy during a pandemic, relative to enhancing unemployment benefits. A large proportion of the economy is forced to shut down, and firms in that sector choose whether to lay off workers or keep...
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