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The LEADER process as a European policy for local development: A comparison of the implementation in three European member states

Berriet-Solliec, Marielle; Laidin, Catherine; … - 2015

New governance structures, meant to empower local decision makers, are supported by some policies introduced by the European Commission. LEADER, from rural development policy, is among these approaches. Nevertheless, these new policies are implemented in very different multi-level governance...

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Multi-level Governance in rural development: Analysing experiences from LEADER for a Community-Led Local Development (CLLD)

Pollermann, Kim; Raue, Petra; Schnaut, Gitta - 2014

In the last funding periods there was steady increase in the number of LEADER-regions in Europe, and, at least in Germany, it is already evident that this gain will continue: for the 2014-2020 funding period there around 300 LAGs expected in comparison to 244 LAGs in the last period. For the new...

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The Dynamics of Cooperation in Group Lending - A Microfinance Experiment

Werner, Peter - 2010

We conduct a microfinance experiment in which subjects are jointly responsible for credit repayments and decide …

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Collateral and Lending to Rural Households in Emerging Markets

Menkhoff, Lukas; Neuberger, Doris; Rungruxsirivorn, Ornsiri - 2010

This paper examines the role of collateral in the rural credit market of an emerging country. Due to opaque information and weak enforcement, the need for collateral is expected to be high. However, rural households usually lack adequate assets to pledge as collateral. How is this puzzle solved?...

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Micro-credit, risk coping and the incidence of rural-to-urban migration

Ahsan, Quamrul - 2005

microfinance institution could also provide a competing source of insurance. The question raised in this paper is how the access to … either of the activities individually. In that event, introduction of microfinance in rural societies may result in raising … rural Bangladesh. Our preliminary results show that indeed the probability of participation in migration by household …

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The Competition between Relationship-Based Microfinance and Transaction Lending

Schrader, Jan - 2009

We empirically analyze the competition between a relationship lender and a transaction lender in the credit business with micro and small entrepreneurs. Drawing on a data set about the customers of the relationship lender ProCredit Ecuador combined with data about all other loans of these...

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The Tsunami and the Chit Fund- Evidence from the Indian Ocean Tsunami Hit on Credit Demand in South India

Czura, Kristina; Klonner, Stefan - 2010

We analyze the effects of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami on credit demand in South India. Combining data from a semi-formal financial intermediary with geophysical data on the Tsunami, we estimate the extent to which the price of credit and the structure of credit flows changed in response to...

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