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Ibpp Research Associates: Seattle, Washington, United States Of America, Catherine Stupar

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article is a November 30, 1999 interview of two Pakistani representatives by IBPP Research Associate Catherine Stupar at the World Trade Organization's 3rd Ministerial Series, Seattle Round.

IBPP Commentary. The conflations of political rhetoric by privileged speakers with phenomenologies of the spoken for--viz., the wretched of the earth--are as timeless as they are intractable. Too often, the privileged come and go, while the wretched of the earth remain.

Author commentary is included in the article.

Institute Research And Public Policy On Disability, H. Allan Hunt

Employment Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Research Questions For The New Millennium, Randall W. Eberts

Employment Research Newsletter

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The Policy Implications Of Nonstandard Work Arrangements, Susan N. Houseman

Employment Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Foreign Policy And Language: United States Economic Sanctions Against North Korea, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article analyzes two elements of language that frequent the discourse on United States foreign policy towards the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The analysis bears on the consequences of language for policy.

Are Real Wages And Competitiveness Compatible In The Turkish Manufacturing Industry?, Hasan Kirmanoglu, M. Ege Yazgan

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

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International Trade And Labor Markets: Evidence From Turkey, Sajid Chinoy

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

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Global Portfolios With Market, Size And Value Considerations, Tulin Sener, Hadi Salavitabar

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

No abstract provided.

The Political Economy Of State Owned Enterprises, Cem Karayalcin

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

No abstract provided.

Foreign Direct Investment And Economic Growth In Some Mena Countries: Theory And Evidence, Abdel-Hameed M. Bashir

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

No abstract provided.

Is Government Size Optimal In The Gulf Countries Of The Middle East? An Answer, Hassan Aly, Mark Strazicich

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

No abstract provided.

Measuring The Impact Of Trade Flows On Employment In The Turkish Manufacturing Industry, Guzin Erlat

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

No abstract provided.

Intra-Marital Sharing Rules With Evidence From Turkey, Nejat Anbarci, E. Mine Cinar

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

No abstract provided.

Financial Markets And Globalization In Turkey, Tulay Arin

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

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Inflation And Inflation Uncertainty In Turkey, Tevfik F. Nas, Mark Perry

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

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Trade Liberalization,Transfers And Skill Upgrading In Morocco:A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis, Hans Lofgren, Sherman Robinson, Moataz El-Said

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

No abstract provided.

Bringing Development Back, Into Microfinance, Maria Otero

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

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Front Matter, Journal Of Microfinance

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

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Measuring Transformation: Assessing And Improving The Impact Of Microcredit, Susy Cheston, Larry Reed

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

The question of impact assessment is one that continues to plague microcredit practitioners. Some contend that existing impact assessment studies are meaningless, while others maintain they are absolutely necessary. The authors of this paper advocate a renewed focus on the transformation of clients and their communities, as well as a new impact assessment model to support and document this focus. They outline the key principles for conducting impact audits that include measurement of transformation among clients. They also review a series of practitioner-oriented impact assessment tools and outline future challenges for practitioners, donors, and academics in improving performance through impact …

Microenterprise Development In The Heartland: Self-Employment As A Self-Sufficiency Strategy For Tanf Recipients In Iowa 1993-1998, Salome Raheim, Jason J. Friedman

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

There has been a significant interest in the microenterprise movement regarding its effectiveness as a welfare-to-work strategy. A decade's worth of program results, demonstration projects, and research strongly suggest that the benefits of microenterprise development for welfare recipients outweigh the costs and risks. The state of Iowa has been a leader in promoting microenterprise development as a welfare-to-work strategy. Iowa was the first state in the US to incorporate microenterprise-development training as an eligible activity in its welfare-reform program. Since 1993, the Iowa Department of Human Services (IDHS) has contracted with the Institute for Social and Economic Development (ISED), a …

The Impact Of Outcome-Based Assessment On Microenterprise Programs, Margaret A. Johnson, Umasundari Akella, Jule Lalande

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

The changing environment in the nonprofit sector has subjected microenterprise programs to a new paradigm that emphasizes rationality principles. These principles ask practitioners to increase their outcomes while minimizing costs and to demonstrate that they are doing so with outcome-assessment measurements. This paper presents a case study of what happened to 11 microenterprise programs that adopted outcome assessment. Factors affecting the adoption of outcome assessment were changing norms in the nonprofit sector, demands from state legislators for information on program outcomes, and mandates from funders. A funding formula was implemented; program responses included going along, adopting practices to fit the …

Village Banking Dynamics Study: Evidence From Seven Programs, Judith Painter, Barbara Mknelly

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

The primary question examined in this study is whether client loans grow or stagnate over time. Loan growth is important to financial sustainability and is also a proxy for positive impact. The relationship between loan growth and a variety of factors--program loan and savings policies, site selection, membership dynamics--are explored in the context of seven village bank programs. The study concludes that on average, loan size did not stagnant but increased steadily, although at a rate lower than the original village bank model projections. Only programs that allowed non-poverty level loans (loans above US$300) approached the original loan growth rate. …

Are Grameen Replications Sustainable, And Do They Reach The Poor?: The Case Of Card Rural Bank In The Philippines, Hans Dieter Seibel, Dolores Torres

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

The Grameen Bank in Bangladesh is known worldwide for its success in providing credit to the poor. However, subsequent replications of its methodology in other parts of the world have been less successful. Is there really an infallible solution that works everywhere, and is outreach to the poor compatible with sustainability? A Grameen replicator in the Philippines, the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD), has recently set itself firmly on the path to sustainability by becoming a formal sector, rural bank—the first credit NGO in the country to do so. During the period, from 1993 to June 1999, CARD's …

Defying The Odds: Bunking For The Poor, By Eugene Versluysen, Eugene Versluysen

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

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The Microcredit Summit's Challenge: Working Toward Institutional Financial Self-Sufficiency While Maintaining A Commitment To Serving The Poorest Families, David S. Gibbons, Jennifer W. Meehan

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

Institutional financial self-sufficiency (IFS) is necessary for a microfinance institution (MFI) to obtain the large amount of funds required to reach and benefit truly large numbers of the poor and poorest households. There is no necessary trade-off between serving large numbers of the poorest households and the attainment of IFS by an MFI, as proven by the case studies in this paper. Cost-effective identification of the poor and the poorest women is essential to maximizing the effectiveness and efficiency of providing microfinance services to them. If the service is not exclusively for the poor and the poorest, it should be …

Announcements, Journal Of Microfinance

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

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Vol. 01 No. 1 Journal Of Microfinance, Journal Of Microfinance

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

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Health Transfers: An Application Of Health-Health Analysis To Assess Food Safety Regulations, Fred Kuchler, Jackqueline L. Teague, Richard A. Williams, Don W. Anderson

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The authors apply a Health-Health Analysis to risks associated with harvesting Gulf oysters to evaluate that approach to managing health and safety risks.

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Major Themes in Economics

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Introduction, Ken Mccormick

Major Themes in Economics

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