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Poor yield of a rich field : an undeserving "history of poverty" in early modern Europe
Sokoll, Thomas - In: VSWG: Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und … 111 (2024) 2, pp. 196-208
The new Routledge History of Poverty, c. 1450-1800 provides neither a "history" nor a coherent concept of "poverty" and …, based on the idea that the interplay of "labour" and "poverty" (epitomized in the notion of the "labouring poor") forms the … crucial key to the understanding of the decisive long-term theme in the history of poverty and poor relief in Europe from 1350 …
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Microcredit and Household Welfare : Evidence from Vietnam Bank for Social Policies
Kim, Booyuel - 2019
This paper evaluates how governmental microcredit affects rural households in Vietnam using panel data obtained from Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys 2010, 2012, 2014. Employing household fixed-effects with instrumental variable, the results show that the Vietnam Bank for Social...
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From microcredit to microinsurance : creating social security where there is none
Amenomori, Takayoshi - In: Social policy and poverty in East Asia : the role of …, (pp. 142-154). 2010
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Creating a world without poverty : social business and the future of capitalism
Yunus, Muhammad - 2007 - 1. ed.
. But traditional capitalism cannot solve problems like inequality and poverty, because it is hampered by a narrow view of …
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Creating a world without poverty<dt.>
Yunus, Muhammad - 2008
2006 erhielt M. Yunus den Friedensnobelpreis für die Gründung der Grameen-Banks, die durch die Vergabe von Kleinstkrediten, vorrangig an Dorfbewohnerinnen, wirksam Armut bekämpfen, nachzulesen in M. Yunus: "Für eine Welt ohne Armut" (hier zuletzt ID 52/06) und bei P. Spiegel (BA 2/07). Hier...
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Does financial inclusion impact socio-economic stability? : a study of social safety net in Indian slums
Jaskirat Singh; Manjit Singh - In: International journal of social economics 50 (2023) 8, pp. 1060-1084
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Reducing global poverty : the case for asset accumulation
Moser, Caroline O. N. (contributor) - 2007
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Do public program benefits crowd out private transfers in developing countries? : an overview of evidence from social protection policies
Nikolov, Plamen; Bonci, Matthew - 2020
Precipitated by rapid globalization, rising inequality, population growth, and longevity gains, social protection programs have been on the rise in developing countries in the last three decades. However, the introduction of public benefits could displace informal mechanisms for risk-protection,...
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Linkages between pro-poor growth, social programmes and labour market : the recent Brazilian experience
Kakwani, Nanak; Neri, Marcelo Cortes; Son, Hyun H. - 2009
This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its … Brazilian National Household Survey covering the period 1995-2004. -- inequality ; poverty ; growth ; pro-poor growth ; labour …
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Social protection programs for women in developing countries : how to design social protection programs that poor women can benefit from
Cameron, Lisa Ann - 2014
Women are more likely than men to work in the informal sector and to drop out of the labor force for a time, such as after childbirth, and to be impeded by social norms from working in the formal sector. This work pattern undermines productivity, increases women's vulnerability to income shocks,...
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