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The moral economy of microfinance in rural Bangladesh
Mathilde Maitrot
Mar 31, 2022
Microfinance is widely portrayed as a tool that empowers poor women to challenge constraining social institutions and make better, rational choices that will enable them to escape poverty. At the same time, the reported impact...
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The moral economy of microfinance in rural Bangladesh
Mathilde Maitrot
Mar 31, 2022
Microfinance is widely portrayed as a tool that empowers poor women to challenge constraining social institutions and make better, rational choices that will enable them to escape poverty. At the same time, the reported impact...
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3303 name=Development /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/no_poverty name=SDG 1 - No Poverty /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality name=SDG 5 - Gender Equality /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth name=SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
Has microfinance lost its moral compass?
This paper argues that microfinance in south Asia, like mainstream finance in North America and Europe, "has lost its moral compass". Microfinance institutions have increasingly focused on financial performance and have...
Has microfinance lost its moral compass?
This paper argues that microfinance in south Asia, like mainstream finance in North America and Europe, "has lost its moral compass". Microfinance institutions have increasingly focused on financial performance and have...
Allies among enemies
The authority of political leaders in Bangladesh rests on diverse qualities, not least of which are the muscle and finance they can mobilize, and the relationships they can craft with senior party members. These are utilized...
What Lessons Can Be Learned for the Agroecological Transition From the Use of Social Media in Preventive Medicine?
In agriculture, web-based social media are increasingly used to share knowledge concerning best practices. One goal of agroecology is to reduce the use of synthetic chemical inputs. Agroecology represents a contrast with...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Social Assistance in Developing Countries Database
The Social Assistance in Developing Countries Database aims to:
- provide a summary of the evidence available on the effectiveness of social assistance interventions in developing countries;
- focus on programmes seeking...
- provide a summary of the evidence available on the effectiveness of social assistance interventions in developing countries;
- focus on programmes seeking...
social protection Poverty social assistance Cash transfer /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/no_poverty name=SDG 1 - No Poverty /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action name=SDG 13 - Climate Action
Published by: Chronic Poverty Research Centre
Allies among enemies
The authority of political leaders in Bangladesh rests on diverse qualities, not least of which are the muscle and finance they can mobilize, and the relationships they can craft with senior party members. These are utilized...
Social Assistance in Developing Countries Database
The Social Assistance in Developing Countries Database aims to:
- provide a summary of the evidence available on the effectiveness of social assistance interventions in developing countries;
- focus on programmes seeking...
- provide a summary of the evidence available on the effectiveness of social assistance interventions in developing countries;
- focus on programmes seeking...
social protection Poverty social assistance Cash transfer /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/no_poverty name=SDG 1 - No Poverty /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action name=SDG 13 - Climate Action
Published by: Chronic Poverty Research Centre
Lack of Effect of Propranolol on the Reconsolidation of Conditioned Fear Memory due to a Failure to Engage Memory Destabilisation.
Federico Rotondo, Kathryn Biddle, John Chen, Josh Ferencik, Mathilde d'Esneval, Amy L Milton
Nov 09, 2021
The prospect of exploiting memory reconsolidation to treat mental health disorders has received great research interest, particularly following demonstrations that the β-adrenergic receptor antagonist propranolol, which is safe...
Resilience among the Extreme Poor in Bangladesh
This report focuses on the dynamics of resilience amongst the extreme poor in Bangladesh. It argues that resilience is a more appropriate focus of analysis than graduation in trying to understand extreme poor people's attempts...
extreme poverty resilience Bangladesh /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/no_poverty name=SDG 1 - No Poverty
Published by: Shiree
Resilience among the Extreme Poor in Bangladesh
This report focuses on the dynamics of resilience amongst the extreme poor in Bangladesh. It argues that resilience is a more appropriate focus of analysis than graduation in trying to understand extreme poor people's attempts...
extreme poverty resilience Bangladesh /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/no_poverty name=SDG 1 - No Poverty
Published by: Shiree
From Open Data to Smart City Governing Innovation in the Rennes Metropolitan Area (France)
This article is the result of an action-research carried out on the territory of the Rennes metropolis (SmartRennes project). The authors propose a description and analysis of the governance of the smart city based on...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Gravettian cranial morphology and human group affinities during the European Upper Palaeolithic.
Aurélien Mounier, Yann Heuzé, Mathilde Samsel, Sergey Vasilyev, Laurent Klaric, Sébastien Villotte
Dec 22, 2020
Archaeologically defined Upper Palaeolithic (UP, 45,000-10,000 years ago) "cultures" are often used as proxies to designate fossil populations. While recent genomic studies have partly clarified the complex relationship between...
Amino Acid Substitutions That Affect Receptor Binding and Stability of the Hemagglutinin of Influenza A/H7N9 Virus.
Eefje JA Schrauwen, Mathilde Richard, David F Burke, Guus F Rimmelzwaan, Sander Herfst, Ron AM Fouchier
Mar 14, 2016
Comparing the age and sex trajectories of SARS-CoV-2 morbidity and mortality with other respiratory pathogens.
C Jessica E Metcalf, Juliette Paireau, Megan O'Driscoll, Mathilde Pivette, Bruno Hubert, Isabelle Pontais, Sema Nickbakhsh, Derek AT Cummings, Simon Cauchemez, Henrik Salje
Jul 20, 2022
Comparing age and sex differences in SARS-CoV-2 hospitalization and mortality with MERS-CoV, seasonal coronaviruses, influenza and other health outcomes opens the way to generating hypotheses as to underlying mechanisms driving...
Heterogeneity in clone dynamics within and adjacent to intestinal tumours identified by Dre-mediated lineage tracing.
Ann-Sofie Thorsen, Doran Khamis, Richard Kemp, Mathilde Colombé, Filipe C Lourenço, Edward Morrissey, Douglas Winton
Oct 20, 2020
Somatic models of tissue pathology commonly use induction of gene-specific mutations in mice mediated by spatiotemporal regulation of Cre recombinase. Subsequent investigation of the onset and development of disease can be...
Cancer epithelial Intestine Lineage tracing Animals Antibodies Monoclonal Cell Lineage Colon Epithelial Cells Epithelium Escherichia coli Proteins Female Integrases Intestinal Mucosa Intestinal Neoplasms Intestine Small Intestines Male Mice Mice Inbred C57BL Mutation Neoplasms Probability Recombinases Stem Cells beta Catenin
How much flower-rich habitat is enough for wild pollinators? Answering a key policy question with incomplete knowledge.
Lynn V Dicks, Mathilde Baude, Stuart PM Roberts, James Phillips, Mike Green, Claire Carvell
Jun 09, 2015
Monitoring the proportion of the population infected by SARS-CoV-2 using age-stratified hospitalisation and serological data
Nathanaël Hozé, Juliette Paireau, Nathanaël Lapidus, Cécile Tran Kiem, Henrik Salje, Gianluca Severi, Mathilde Touvier, Marie Zins, Xavier de Lamballerie, Daniel Lévy-Bruhl, Fabrice Carrat, Simon Cauchemez
Jun 14, 2021
BACKGROUND: Regional monitoring of the proportion of the population who have been infected by SARS-CoV-2 is important to guide local management of the epidemic, but is difficult in the absence of regular nationwide serosurveys....
Comparing the age and sex trajectories of SARS-CoV-2 morbidity and mortality with other respiratory pathogens.
C Jessica E Metcalf, Juliette Paireau, Megan O'Driscoll, Mathilde Pivette, Bruno Hubert, Isabelle Pontais, Sema Nickbakhsh, Derek AT Cummings, Simon Cauchemez, Henrik Salje
Jun 15, 2022
Comparing age and sex differences in SARS-CoV-2 hospitalization and mortality with MERS-CoV, seasonal coronaviruses, influenza and other health outcomes opens the way to generating hypotheses as to underlying mechanisms driving...
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