programmes in women empowerment for poverty eradication. Secondly‚ we should look beyond microcredit to other financial services including savings. In the interest of the poorest and women in particular‚ there may be new possibilities when we view microfinance as a tool not only for income promotion‚ but income protection as well. Thirdly‚ maximizing impact requires that we understand the limitations of microcredit‚ work to improve programs‚ and‚ in some cases‚ offer alternatives for those excluded
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Recent Controversies and Lessons. World Development‚ 14 (4)‚ 477-487. Adams‚ D. W.‚ Graham‚ D.H.‚ Pischke‚ J.D. (1984). Undermining Rural Development with Cheap Credit. Westview Press‚ Colorado‚ USA. Aghion‚ B. and Murdoch‚ J. (2005). Economics of Microfinance. Cambridge‚ MIT Press Books. Aryeetey‚ E. and Udry‚ C. (1997). The Characteristics of Informal Financial Markets in Sub Saharan Africa. Journal of African Economics‚ 6 (Sup)‚ 161-203 Barham‚ B.P.‚ Boucher‚ S (1996). Credit Constraints‚ Credit Unions
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Question 1 3 out of 3 points A corporation’s issue management activities are usually linked to: Answer Selected Answer: Both the board of directors and top management levels. Correct Answer: Both the board of directors and top management levels. Question 2 3 out of 3 points The “graying” of the population is an example of: Answer Selected Answer: Customer environment. Correct Answer: Customer environment. Question 3 3 out of 3 points Overtime‚ the nature
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References: Bamisile A. S. (2006)‚ Developing a long term sustainable Microfinance sector in Nigeria: the way forward. A paper presented at Small Enterprises Educational and promotion Network Annual General Meeting‚ Washington DC‚ 23rd – 27th October‚ 2006. 5 Bullion and CBN‚ (1992)‚ Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Prudential guidelines
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Introduction To Social Business Social business is a cause-driven business. In a social business‚ the investors/owners can gradually recoup the money invested‚ but cannot take any dividend beyond that point. Purpose of the investment is purely to achieve one or more social objectives through the operation of the company‚ no personal gain is desired by the investors. The company must cover all costs and make profit‚ at the same time achieve the social objective‚ such as‚ healthcare for the poor‚
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Week 2 Checkpoint – Business Information Systems October 14‚ 2011. Based on the website www.mifos.org‚ the Mifos Initiative is a diverse community of microfinance institutions‚ technology professionals‚ business people‚ volunteers and contributors. (2011 Grameen Foundation) This allows developing countries the finance opportunities that the rest of the world has. There is excellent information contained in the website. There is a Mifos Business Intelligence Server that allows countries access
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|Mohammad Shahjahan‚ Acting Managing Director (CEO) | |Products |Financial services | | |microfinance | |Revenue |[pic]12‚435‚830‚045 Taka (176.67 million USD) (2010)[1] | |Operating income |[pic]8‚513‚832‚110 Taka (120.95 million
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TITLE OF THE PROJECT:- Hawkers along the streets: Problem or convenience? INTRODUCTION/HISTORY:- Across Indian cities‚ the middle class appears to be rising against a group which could also be seen as innocuous‚ commonplace and convenient – the street hawker‚ or someone who vends their goods in a peripatetic manner. It could be an old woman at a street corner with a basket of vegetables or a man selling peanuts or even a more enterprising salesman who has appropriated a pavement with bamboo and
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The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century Thomas L. Friedman Introduction to the Paperback Edition Why go through all the trouble of writing a second expanded and updated version of The World Is Flat only a year after the first expanded version was published and a mere two years after the original? I can offer a very brief answer: because I could and because I had to. Precisely because of the powerful technological forces detailed in this book‚ the publishing industry
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Pearce‚ D. (2003). Financial services for the Rural Poor. CGAP Donor Brief No. 15. The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor‚ Washington DC‚ USA September 2003‚ unpublished. Schreiner‚ M. (2000) Informal Finance and the Design of Microfinance Paper presented at Microfinance Risk Management‚ Center for Social Development‚ Washington University‚ USA November 2000‚ unpublished. Shaw‚ E. (1973) Financial Deepening in Economic Development Oxford University Press. New York Stiglitz‚ J Tilakaratna‚ S. (1996)
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