Master Thesis Entrepreneurship and Microfinance: A Framework for Impact Evaluation Abstract The idea and implementation of Microfinance has become a hot topic and is currently at the central stage in debates on poverty alleviation. Microfinance can be defined as the sustainable delivery of financial services to the poor that aims at creating a world in which as many poor households as possible, have access to a suitable range of financial services (Christen, Rosenberg and Jayadeva, 2004). However
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International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank 1818 H Street NW Washington, DC 20433 Telephone 202-473-1000 Internet www.worldbank.org All rights reserved. 1 2 3 4 08 07 06 05 A copublication of The World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. This volume is a product of the staff of the World Bank Group. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in this volume do not necessarily reflect the views of the Executive Directors of The World Bank or the governments
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Strategic Marketing & Planning Tapal Tea Private Limited Submitted to Sir Ekhlaque Ahmed Submitted By: Hafiz Sheikh Misbah Ur Rehman - 9363 Mohammad Ali Sheikh - 9229 Saad Ashfaq – 9011 Date: Aug21st, 2010 Acknowledgment We would like to acknowledge a number of people for their support and assistance during our report. Firstly we would like to acknowledge our Course Facilitator Sir Ekhlaque Ahmed for assisting and guiding us in preparation of this report.
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Business plan Private and confidential “FOR STARTING A MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION IN TANZANIA” Dar-es-Salaam June 2009 1 Table of Contents 1. 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 3. 3.1. 3.2. 4. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 5.4. 5.5. 5.6. 5.7. 6. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND .....................................................3 Executive Summary..........................................................................................3 Mission and Goals ..............................
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Development and economics are not about statistics. Rather, they a re about lives and jobs. Stiglitz never forgets that there are people at t he end of these policies, and that the success of a policy should be d efined not by h o w fast international banks are repaid, but by h o w m u c h people have to eat, and by h o w much better it makes their lives." — Christian Science Monitor " [An] urgently important new book." — Boston Globe " Whatever your opinions, you will be engaged by Stiglitz's
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Slovakia country risk analysis Seminar Paper Submitted at Lauder Business School, Vienna in Corporate Risk Management by David GRÜNFELD KRÁLIK Eva PÓSA Valentine TARELKO * Submitted on: 26.04.2014 Table of contents 1. Introduction 5 2. Political Risk 6 2.1. Government stability 6 2.2. Corruption 7 2.3. Socioeconomic conditions 8 2.4. Internal and External Conflict 10 2.5. Investment Profile 11 2.6. Military in politics 14 2.7. Religious tensions 15 2
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lay_man Says @Cricaddict- By this point you mean that average age of population is less than 22 years or there is some typo mistake? Sorry to barge in but i could not understand this line Yes avg age of population, for yemen - 17.9, syria - 21.5, egypt - 22 or 23 yrs.. in general a very young population and umemployed, so frustration and anger.. thats why the uproar.. @layman updated.. S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research PGDM Finance Class of 2014 | CAT'11 - 99.04%le QuoteReply
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ADVOCACY PROJECT PROPOSAL Project Title: YouthFM AIDS Awareness Project Project Period: Three-years Target areas: Phase I: Dar Es Salaam, Coast, Tanga, Zanzibar & Morogoro. Phase II: Mwanza, Arusha, Dodoma & Mbeya Total funds requested: Year-One: US Dollars -------------------- Year-Two: US Dollars ------------------- Year-Three: US Dollars ----------------- Proposal submitted to: ---------------------------------. Proposal submitted by: Tanzania Youth Aware
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v Acknowledgments vi 1. Introduction 1 2. The Nature and Extent of Poverty 3 3. How Agricultural Research Can Help the Poor 9 4. Targeting Agricultural Research to Benefit the Poor 18 5. Strategies for Pro-Poor Agricultural Research 26 6. The Role of Public Research and Extension Systems 35 References 37 Contents iii Tables 1. Trends in child malnutrition in developing countries, by region, 1970–95 6 2. Distribution of land types by region 6 3. Distribution of malnourished children by
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A HANDBOOK FOR VALUE CHAIN RESEARCH Prepared for the IDRC by Raphael Kaplinsky and Mike Morris* We are grateful to colleagues in both our individual institutions and in the Spreading the Gains from Globalisation Network (particularly those participating in the Bellagio Workshop in September 2000) for discussions around many of the issues covered in this Handbook and also to Stephanie Barrientos, Jayne Smith and Justin Barnes. An Important Health Warning or A Guide for Using this Handbook
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