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  Targeting the poorest in microfinance: poverty outreach of BDP Ultra Poor Programme

  Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2006

  In 2001 the BDP microfinance ultra-poor programme was established in rural Bangladesh.
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  Strengthening the employment impact of an MDG-based development strategy for Yemen

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006

  This Country Study aims to identify employment policies for Yemen that would support an ambitious MDG-based development strategy.Largely based on labour force and labour demand surveys, the paper examines the structure of employment and unemployment in Yemen, together with the pattern of labour demands, hours and wages.The study finds that Yemen is trapped in the crossfire between slow econo
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  A system of drought insurance for poverty alleviation in rural areas

  Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia, 2006

  This report provides tools for the development of crop insurance combined with micro finance to help smallholder farmers break out of the poverty trap. Although insurance is a well-established means to manage risk, crop insurance schemes have only rarely been implemented in the developing country, smallholder context.
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  Livelihoods through micro-enterprise services?: assessing supply and demand constraints for microfinance in Ethiopia (with particular reference to the Amhara region)

  Microfinance Gateway, CGAP, 2005

  This paper analyses the issue of micro-finance services in rural Ethiopia.
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  The enabling environment for mobile banking in Africa

  Bankable Frontier Associates, 2006

  This paper is based on the premise that mobile phones can offer a communications channel for initiating and executing on-line financial transactions.
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  Gearing public finance to growth, employment and poverty reduction in Moldova

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006

  This UNDP country study critically examines Moldova’s public finances as a tool for development.The report points out that Moldova has made great strides in reducing its external debts, but is still in need of refinancing for its multilateral and bilateral Paris Club debt.
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  Microfinance: sustainable tool for urban poverty alleviation: policy recommendations, research agenda and investigation into national and donor stakeholder activity

  Social Enterprise Associates, 2006

  This paper critically analyses the topic of microfinance as a tool for alleviating poverty. Using Latin America as a case study, the paper examines the sustainability of micro credit, and the role that government actors have in this sector.
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  Competition and microfinance interest rates

  Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest, 2006

  This briefing note asks: "Does competition result in lower interest rates to microcredit customers?" The question is set against the fact that, despite the assumed logic that interest rates on microloans would fall with increased competition, in some countries where microfinance is considered competitive, interest rates have remained stubbornly high.
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  Country study: monetary policy and financial sector reform for employment creation and poverty reduction in Ghana

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006

  The structure of the financial sector and the implementation of monetary policy directly impact employment.
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  Country study: an employment-targeted economic programme for South Africa

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006

  At the 2003 Growth and Development Summit, South African President Thabo Mbeki singled out "more jobs, better jobs and decent work for all" as one of the country's key economic challenges. With the pledge to cut the unemployment rate by half by 2014, difficult policy changes are inevitable.

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