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Weather risk and incomplete insurance markets are significant contributors to poverty for rural households in developing countries. Weather index insurance has emerged as a possible tool for overcoming these challenges. This paper provides evidence o
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=od______2456::bf6c5d2106ecd1f07694c24d956c22f8
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26510002/weather-index-insurance-shock-coping-evidence-mexicos-cadena-program
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26510002/weather-index-insurance-shock-coping-evidence-mexicos-cadena-program
Autor:
Marcus Böhme, Rainer Thiele
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Is the Informal Sector Constrained from the Demand Side?: Evidence for Six West African Capitals
Employing a unique dataset that covers households from six West African capitals, this paper provides new evidence on the demand for informal sector products and services. We first investigate whether demand linkages exist between formal and informal
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::642f8e11200396f21879781690a36b31
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.12.005
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.12.005
Autor:
Jakiela, Pamela, Ozier, Owen
This study estimates the impact of Kenya’s post-election violence on individual risk preferences. Because the crisis interrupted a longitudinal survey of more than five thousand Kenyan youth, this timing creates plausibly exogenous variation in exp
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=dedup_wf_001::6786cb49da811422a8a9d784751b45dc
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22862
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22862
Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in developing countries are typically considered to be severely credit constrained. Additionally, high business risks may partly explain why capital stocks of MSEs remain low. This article analyzes the determinants
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https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26786
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26786
Can cash transfers promote employment and reduce poverty in rural Africa? Will lower youth unemployment and poverty reduce the risk of social instability? The authors experimentally evaluate one of Uganda's largest development programs, which provide
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=dedup_wf_001::b47eb43ac165c3921e25e17cd8477773
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/944601468192251018/Employment-generation-in-rural-Africa-mid-term-results-from-an-experimental-evaluation-of-the-Youth-Opportunities-Program-in-Northern-Uganda
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/944601468192251018/Employment-generation-in-rural-Africa-mid-term-results-from-an-experimental-evaluation-of-the-Youth-Opportunities-Program-in-Northern-Uganda
In the past two decades, research on the informal sector has emphasized the heterogeneity of this part of the economy, example in terms of entry costs, firm size, and access to credit, forward- and backward linkages as well as human and physical capi
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=od______2456::a74171900c234154e6612fba75d29784
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26878
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26878
Publikováno v:
European Journal of Development Research
European Journal of Development Research, 2014, 26 (4), ⟨10.1057/ejdr.2014.29⟩
Informal Sector Dynamics in Times of Fragile Growth: The Case of Madagascar
European Journal of Development Research, 26(4), 437-455. Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
European Journal of Development Research, 2014, 26 (4), ⟨10.1057/ejdr.2014.29⟩
Informal Sector Dynamics in Times of Fragile Growth: The Case of Madagascar
European Journal of Development Research, 26(4), 437-455. Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
(english) This paper investigates the dynamics of the informal sector in Madagascar during a period of fragile growth. Overall, the behavior of informal firms in terms of earnings, employment and capital accumulation points to a degree of heterogenei
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https://doi.org/10.1596/26798
https://doi.org/10.1596/26798
Autor:
Laure Pasquier-Doumer
Publikováno v:
Intergenerational Transmission of Self-Employed Status in the Informal Sector: A Constrained Choice or Better Income Prospects? Evidence from Seven West-African Countries
Journal of African Economies
Journal of African Economies, 2013, 22 (1), ⟨10.1093/jae/ejs017⟩
Journal of African Economies
Journal of African Economies, 2013, 22 (1), ⟨10.1093/jae/ejs017⟩
Social reproduction is the highest for self-employed as shown by an extensive literature from developed and developing countries. Very few studies however document the reason for this high intergenerational correlation of the self-employed status. Th
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https://doi.org/10.1596/27309
https://doi.org/10.1596/27309
The Impact of Microfinance Loans on Small Informal Enterprises in Madagascar : A Panel Data Analysis
Autor:
Gubert, Flore, Roubaud, Francois
This paper analyses the impact of a microfinance institution (MFI) serving small informal enterprises in Antananarivo (Madagascar). The methodology consists of comparing over time the situation of a representative sample of clients' enterprises with
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=od______2456::7734efba74ff504c1fdc78dbb994e1e8
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/642841468339640191/The-impact-of-microfinance-loans-on-small-informal-enterprises-in-Madagascar-a-panel-data-analysis
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/642841468339640191/The-impact-of-microfinance-loans-on-small-informal-enterprises-in-Madagascar-a-panel-data-analysis