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Entrepreneurship and sustainability : business solutions for poverty alleviation from around the world
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ISBN: 1409428737 9786613933232 1409428745 1283620782 1317142594 9781409428749 9781409428732 9781283620789 9781409460480 1409460487 9781315579917 9781317142584 9781317142591 9781138108998 1317142608 131557991X Year: 2012 Publisher: Burlington, Vt. : Gower,

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Entrepreneurship and Sustainability challenges the notion that not-for-profit social entrepreneurship is the only sort that can lead to the alleviation of poverty. It explores how best to bring commercial investors together with those who are best placed to reach the poorest customers. With case studies from around the World, the focus of the contributions is on the new breed of entrepreneurs who are blending a profit motive with a desire to make a difference in their communities and beyond borders. A significant number of the contributions here also recognize that although much research has b


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Eradiquer la misère : démocratie, mondialisation et droits de l'homme
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ISBN: 2130572316 9782130572312 Year: 2008 Publisher: Paris : Presses universitaires de France,

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Microfinance and public policy : Outreach, performance and efficiency
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ISBN: 9221193470 9221193489 9789221193487 9780230300026 0230300022 9780230547025 0230547028 9789221193470 1282911856 9786612911859 Year: 2007 Publisher: Geneva : ILO Publications,

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This book states to aid agencies and governments to consider efficiency as a robust and reliable criterion to guide their decisions on whether continuing or discounting support from microfinance institutions (MFIS).


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Migration and poverty : toward better opportunities for the poor
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ISBN: 0821384368 9786612966392 0821384376 1282966391 Year: 2011 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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This volume uses recent research from the World Bank to document and analyze the bidirectional relationship between poverty and migration in developing countries. The case studies chapters compiled in this book (from Tanzania, Nepal, Albania and Nicaragua), as well as the last, policy-oriented chapter - illustrate the diversity of migration experience and tackle the complicated nexus between migration and poverty reduction. Two main messages emerge:Although evidence indicates that migration reduces poverty, it also shows that migration opportunities of the poor differ from that of the rest. In

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