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    The impact of gender and business training for female microfinance clients in Vietnam

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015
    Business training leads to an increase in business knowledge, improvements in business practices, operations and sales, as well as income and assets for male microfinance clients. Moreover, business failure is lower for males who receive business training. Although business knowledge of women increases either, women do not put their knowledge into practice.
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    The economics and psychology of long term savings and pensions: a randomised experiment among low-income entrepreneurs in Maharashtra, India

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015
    It is widely accepted that access to banking can provide both growth and security to vulnerable households. It is also well understood that poor households, especially in developing countries, tend to be underserved by credit markets. In recent decades, the question of credit has emerged as a major focus in development economics.
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    Interventions to Improve the labour market situation of adults with physical and/or sensory disabilities in low- and middle-income countries: a Systematic Review

    The Campbell Collaboration, 2015
    Disability is a development issue, with widespread poverty, inequality and violation of human rights. Recent estimates suggest that more than one billion people are living with some form of disability.
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    Drivers of regional integration: value chains, investment and new forms of co-operation

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    This collection of papers is a combined initiative of Economic Policy Forum (EPF) member think tanks and is the result of two round-table discussions under the Regional Integration research stream.
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    A just retirement future for Chilean workers: social insurance or private savings?

    Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2015
    The debate between exponents of public and private pensions is as old as social security itself, but the question remains. Which model is most likely to augment the financial well-being of Chilean workers in retirement, social insurance or private savings?
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    Mineral rights, rents and resources in South Africa’s development narrative

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    South Africa is endowed with substantial subsoil mineral wealth, yet the development promise typically associated with this wealth has not been realised. Between 2001 and 2008 the South African mining industry contracted at a rate of 1% a year, while comparable mining jurisdictions grew at an average of 5% a year.1 This period marked the longest commodity price boom in recent history.
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    Penetrating the Asian market: a case study of trade barriers for South African exporters into Indonesia

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2015
    Since 2007, Asia has been the main trading partner for South Africa, in terms of total merchandised trade. Asia has been an important export market for South Africa’s trade-induced industrialisation strategy.
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    Prospects for economic growth in Nigeria: a demographic perspective

    Program on the Global Demography of Aging at Harvard University, 2015
    Nigeria’s political and economic prominence within Africa, along with the country’s position on the threshold of a major demographic transition, raises three related questions: (1) What is the potential for economic growth created by Nigeria’s demographic transition?
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    Unemployment and security challenges in Nigeria

    International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2013
    Unemployment is one of the most serious problems facing Nigeria like many other countries in the world. However, there is also a growing level of security challenges facing the country, which calls for serious concern. The rising level of unemployment in the country can be attributed for the in crease in security challenges in the country.
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    Public financial management evidence mapping

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2015
    This paper reviews the extent of evidence for the effect of Public Financial Management (PFM) interventions on outcomes in low and middle income countries. It is based on a database (available to download) of 197 studies compiled after a rigorous search process. The number of studies in the field was surprisingly low, reflecting a series of challenges in acquiring robust evidence.

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