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Microcredit And Survival Microenterprises: The Role Of Market Structure, P.V. Viswanath
Microcredit And Survival Microenterprises: The Role Of Market Structure, P.V. Viswanath
Faculty Working Papers
Poverty remains a pervasive problem all over the world, but the problem is worst in underdeveloped areas like Africa. While microfinance is supposed to address this problem through the promotion of viable businesses, it has not been very successful in helping survival microenterprises, i.e., businesses that the very poor with limited human capital have access to, in sectors with low barriers to entry and selling undifferentiated products. In this paper, I examine the role of market structure in mediating the impact of micro-lending to such survival enterprises. While there have been many evaluations of microfinance institutions (MFIs), there have been …
The History And Development Of British Tramways And The Impacts That It Had, Noam Schuldenrein
The History And Development Of British Tramways And The Impacts That It Had, Noam Schuldenrein
Honors College Theses
The thesis is about the general history of the British tramways and how they developed throughout England in the nineteenth century. It includes their general development; how it affected England economically; how it affected England demographically; and how it affected the surrounding neighborhoods in England.