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    Alternate models to micro savings for the 'bottom-of-the pyramid' in rural areas: lessons from India, Bangladesh and Nepal & some policy doables

    2008
    Microfinance (MF) organisations assume that savings need to be in financial form and should be done with regularity and predictability. MF is therefore not adequate to enhance the rural ultra poor's savings marked by:
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    A macroeconomic policy approach to poverty reduction

    Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2008
    Based on data from India spanning over the last five decades, this paper first develops a framework linking key macroeconomic variables to poverty which: emphasises sectoral income distribution and intersectoral terms of trade as indicators of poverty
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    Economic reforms, foreign direct investment and its economic effects in India

    Kiel Institute of World Economics/Institut für Weltwirtschaft, 2006
    Post-reform India has witnessed a boom in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The composition and type of FDI have changed considerably with the service sector accounting for the largest increase. While FDI in India continues to be local-market seeking in the first place, its world-market orientation has clearly increased in the aftermath of economic reforms.
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    Making the Indian budget: how open and participatory?

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007
    Open and participatory budget making is essential for good governance. Analysing the process of budget making in India, this article says by international standards India fares poorly on this count. The participation of both the public and parliament has been inadequate.
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    The vulnerability of ‘self-help’: women and microfinance in south India

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
    This IDS working paper looks at the role of self-help groups (SHGs) in providing microfinance in India. The author finds state institutions also play a big role, directly and by promoting and financing self-help groups.The research finds there are relationships between SHGs and institutions that are not symmetrical. It also finds:
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    China and India - the 'emerging giants' - and Africa: a note

    Eldis Trade Policy Resource Guide, 2006
    This note sums up the growth experience of China and India and their relationship with each other. It then explores how the triangular relationship between China, India and Africa could stimulate African development through: an increasing demand for commodities stimulating African exports investment and foreign aid
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    Microfinance and women’s empowerment

    Microfinance Gateway, CGAP, 2008
    This paper presents evidence on the Self Help Group bank linkage programme in India. It examines the impact of microfinance on women’s empowerment and finds that microfinance:
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    Making money work for the poor in India: inclusive finance through bank-moneylender linkages

    Agricultural Financing Corporation Ltd., 2008
    Despite India's extensive financial system of commercial and cooperative banks, microfinance institutions and self-help groups, the vast majority of India's rural poor still does not have access to formal financial services. Instead, they rely on informal moneylenders.
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    Agricultural Financing Corporation Ltd. (AFC)

    Agricultural Finance Corporation Limited is an agricultural & rural development consultancy established in 1968.
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    Globalisation, labour markets and inequality in India

    International Development Research Centre, 2008
    Analysing unit-level data on poverty, inequality and employment in post-reform India, this book finds that:

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