weeks ago. But that of Nigeria is getting out of hand. In October 2010‚ the CBN in collaboration with the NDIC withdrew the licenses of 103 microfinance banks. The reason behind the withdrawal was cheating and defrauding of depositors fund which is unethical. The NDIC boss‚ Alhaji Umuru Ibrahim‚ “the directors‚ employees and any other player of the microfinance banks that contribute to the downfall of the MFBs will be brought to book. This statement is a pointer that the act is not a banking culture
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micro-finance group members‚ 37‚500 non-formal primary schools and more than 70‚000 health volunteers. BRAC is the largest NGO by number of staff employing over 120‚000 people‚ the majority of whom are women. BRAC operates various programs such as those in microfinance and education in over nine countries across Asia and Africa‚ reaching more than 110 million people. The organization is 80% self-funded through a number of commercial enterprises that include a dairy and food project and a chain of retail handicraft
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BOOK REVIEW POOR ECONOMICS: A RADICAL RETHINKING OF THE WAY TO FIGHT GLOBAL POVERTY By: Abhijit V Banerjee & Esther Duflo POOR ECONOMICS argues that so much of anti-poverty policy has failed over the years because of an inadequate understanding of poverty. The battle against poverty can be won‚ but it will take patience‚ careful thinking and a willingness to learn from evidence. Banerjee and Duflo are practical visionaries whose meticulous workoffers transformative potential for poor people
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TCMC VISION: A WORLD CLASS MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE IN LUZON SERVING THE MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY. The services offered of TCMC are; * LOANS * Microfinance Loans * Regular Loans * Business Loans * Salary Loans * Collateral Loans * Petty Cash Loans | * SAVINGS BENEFITS * Regular Savings * Time Deposit * Microfinance Savings * Kiddie Savings | * OTHER SAVINGS * DAMAYAN (LIFE INSURANCE) * HEALTH CARE | TCMC STATUS: GOING BETTER AND GOING BIGGER. TCMC
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ESSAYS ON POVERTY‚ MICROFINANCE AND LABOR ECONOMICS by SANDARADURA INDUNIL UDAYANGA DE SILVA‚ B.Sc.‚ M.A. A DISSERTATION IN ECONOMICS Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Approved Masha Rahnama Chairperson of the Committee Thomas Steinmeier Robert McComb Accepted John Borrelli Dean of the Graduate School August‚ 2006 Copyright 2006‚ Sandaradura Indunil Udayanga De Silva ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Janet. 2010. “Introduction: gender is a development issue.” Pp.1-19 in Momsen‚ Janet. Gender and Development: Routledge Perspectives on Development. 2nd ed. Abingdon‚ Oxon: Routledge. • ODI. "Microfinance as a Development and Poverty Reduction Policy: Is It Everything It ’s Cracked up to Be?" Microfinance as a Development and Poverty Reduction Policy: Is It Everything It ’s Cracked up to Be? Overseas Development Institute‚ n.d. Web. 24 May 2013. . • Rathgeber‚ Eva M. 1990. “WID‚ WAD‚ GAD: Trends
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References: Kerin R.A; et al (2004) Marketing the Core Ngowi‚ H.P. Managerial Economics Handouts 2008 National Microfinance Bank Commercial Department
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Low Agricultural Productivity Keeping Batticaloa Poor In considering issues of poverty in Sri Lanka‚ Batticaloa is conspicuous as a district that requires particular attention. In addition to being identified as the country’s poorest district in 2009/10‚ it is also one of two districts for which poverty statistics actually increased between 2006/07 and 2009/10.1 According to the latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2009/10 of the Department of Census and Statistics‚ the poverty
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Financial Markets in Pakistan A financial market is a place for buying and selling of financial securities such as stocks and bonds. It facilitates: * The raising of capital (in the capital markets) * The transfer of risk (in the derivatives markets * In matching those who want capital to those who have it. Financial Market in Pakistan consists of (i) Money Market which provides short term funds and (ii) Capital Market which makes long terms funds available to businesses and industries
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Introduction The economic reforms started in 1991 ushered in a new era in Indian Economy. From a protected economy it became an open globalised economy which was supposed to be integrated well to the world economy. Some Macroeconomic Indicators existing at the onset of economic reforms. Indicators Particulars Population BPL 36.8% Per Capita Income growth 3.3% GDP Growth Rate 5% The Planning Commission estimates the population below the poverty line using the expenditure distribution of NSS
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