This theoretically rooted and research-based book provides insights on the JESSICA funding model which – unlike the traditional non-repayable aid – focuses on supporting sustainable urban development projects in a repayable and recyclable way. Looking through the lens of the JESSICA...

In recent years, the European Commission has attached increasing importance to the use of financial engineering instruments rather than traditional grant-based financing for the microcredit sector, considering these to be the most efficient option available. This book presents a study of...

Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Forward / Mario Baccini -- Introduction / Gianfranco Verzano -- First part: EU structural funds, microenterprise and non financial services -- Financial crises and EU credit access policy / Francesco Minnetti, Pasqualina Porretta and Ervin Sinani --...

A longstanding question in the study of energy demand concerns the role of information as a determinant of home-efficiency improvements. Although the provision of information via home energy audits is frequently asserted to be an effective means for governments to encourage the implementation of...