Posts Tagged ‘microcapital’
Posted on September 14, 2008 - by James
Microcapital: The implications of a poverty line change in Asia…
The World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) both released studies recently that offer new definitions of international poverty. The original “$1-a-day Poverty Line” is a global poverty line for absolute poverty that was set by the World Bank in 1990, and is adjusted for various purchasing power parities (PPP). PPPs are conversion factors that ensure a common purchasing power over a given set of goods and services. People living at or below these poverty lines are said to be inextreme poverty.
The poverty estimates published by the World Bank reveal that 1.4 billion people in the developing world (one in four) were living on less than US$1.25 a day in 2005, down from 1.9 billion (one in two) in 1981. At first glance these broad stats seem promising. Yet in South Asia for example, the reductions have not kept pace with population growth; there were actually more poor people living in this region in 2005 than in the 1980s. “The sobering news-that poverty is more pervasive than we thought-means that we must… [click here to read the rest of this article...]
Posted on August 25, 2008 - by James
Study: Correlation between MiFi and HIV risk reduction?…
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Microfinance Program Co-Sponsored by MFI Small Enterprise Foundation, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and University of Witwatersrand Reduces HIV Risk in Women, Study Shows
Findings from a recent public health study suggest that the provision of microfinance and business training services to impoverished women were associated with a significant reduction in risk behaviors for HIV contraction. The study monitored the effects of IMAGE (Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity), a research-oriented microfinance program that is co-administered by nonprofit MFI Small Enterprise Foundation and the university-sponsored RADAR research initiative. Essentially, the study’s findings suggest that the economic empowerment women derive from a microenterprise is… [click here to read the rest of this article...]
Posted on August 20, 2008 - by James
Paper: The Risks of the Present, Future…
Published; Aug. 19th, 2008
This paper presents what Fitch Ratings believes to be the key risk factors of commercial microfinance. While the title of the report suggests that the paper presents risk factors directly associated with the sector’s rapid growth, the report actually includes a wide array of perceived risks that may not necessarily be a result from the sector’s success. Below are summaries of the risk factors that Fitch…
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