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. For Pakistan, there is no evidence that micro-credit effects employment. However, for Bangladesh, there is robust evidence …-experimental design, in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Three borrower groups are compared: Current borrowers; Pipeline borrowers and Non …This paper examines the impact of micro-credit on employment. Household-level data was collected, following a quasi …
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. We fill this gap by combining data on branch locations of the major microfinance institutions in Bangladesh with …Although microfinance started as a movement to improve women's economic wellbeing through increased female … access to credit on women's work; attitudes towards gender, social and employment norms; and psychosocial well-being. Access …
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Like in many other countries, inclusive finance for inclusive growth has become a policy issue in Bangladesh following … services has increased. Both banks and microfinance institutions have contributed to higher intensity. A recent study shows … that around 40% of the adult population and 75% of households have access to financial services in Bangladesh. Several …
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Flexible repayment schedules allow borrowers to invest in profitable yet risky projects, but practitioners fear they erode repayment morale. We study repayment choices in rigid and flexible loan contracts that allow discretion in repayment timing. To separate strategic repayment choices from...
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households, we examine the employment impact of microcredit program in Bangladesh during 1998-2004. The longitudinal nature of … and income growth. Thus microcredit program in Bangladesh has succeeded in providing employment generating capacities to …Microcredit program, originating in Bangladesh in the late 1970s, has played an important role to meet the financing …
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The choice of Microfinance (MF) by the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) as the primary means of poverty alleviation … to take a fresh look and start from first principles to clear the air. Microfinance is micro finance---it is finance writ … small. If finance works, microfinance works. Much of the difficulty has been created by academics and arises from scholars …
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The recent collapse of several microfinance sectors as well as the current COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to a …
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care for a spouse has not been studied widely. We examine the effects of California's law on the employment of workers who … the paid leave program increased the employment of 45-64 year old women with a disabled spouse in California by around 0 …, with a 2.9 percentage point rise in private sector employment. The employment of men with a disabled spouse in California …
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of other employment policies. …
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