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Gender bias and intergenerational educational mobility : theory and evidence from China and India
Emran, M. Shahe; Jiang, Hanchen; Shilpi, Forhad Jahan - 2020
intergenerational persistence in schooling where parents self-finance children's education because of credit market imperfections …
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Effects of a multi-faceted education program on enrollment, equity, learning, and school management : evidence from India
Delavallade, Clara; Griffith, Alan; Thornton, Rebecca L. - 2019
in education. This paper documents the effectiveness of a multifaceted educational program, pursuing these three …
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Using courts to realize education rights : reflections from India and Indonesia : background paper to the 2018 World Development Report
Rosser, Andrew; Joshi, Anuradha - 2018
This paper examines the role of courts in promoting fulfillment of the right to education in developing country … democracies, focusing on India and Indonesia-two countries that have experienced increased education rights litigation in recent … years. The paper argues that this litigation has been part of broader struggles over education policy, inequality, and the …
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Micro-equity for microenterprises
De Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2019
Many microenterprises in developing countries have high returns to capital, but also face risky revenue streams. In principle, equity offers several advantages over debt when financing investments of this nature, but the use of equity in practice has been largely limited to investments in much...
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Interest rate caps : the theory and the practice
Ferrari, Aurora; Masetti, Oliver; Ren, Jiemin - 2018
Ceilings on lending rates remain a widely used policy tool that is intended to lower the overall cost of credit or protect consumers from exorbitant rates. Interest rate caps come in many forms and scopes and, according to their rationale, ceilings can affect a small segment or the overall...
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Finance for Growth : Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Financing
World Bank Group - 2019
This report provides an overview of the demand and supply side of MSME finance as well as certain aspects of the enabling environment. A detailed analysis of the financial sector infrastructure for MSME financing and the secured transactions framework was outside of the scope of this report but...
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Gender Issues in the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Sector in India
International Center for Research on Women - 2014
Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are an important instrument of growth for India's economy. The contribution of the MSME sector to India's gross domestic product (GDP) was estimated to be around 8 to 9 percent in 2012 after agriculture; MSMEs have emerged as the second largest source...
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Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Finance : Improving Access to Finance for Women-Owned Business in India
International Finance Corporation - 2017
Lending to women-owned micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as a distinct segment is still unexplored when compared to lending to MSMEs in India. Due to a lack of segmental focus and, perhaps, due to a higher perception of risk, formal financial institutions have made little effort to...
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