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Youth savings groups in Africa: they’re a family affair 非洲青年储蓄团体：他们是家庭事务
Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-09-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.16-00005
Justin Flynn, J. Sumberg
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引用次数: 17
Financial inclusion and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: a missed opportunity 普惠金融与2030年可持续发展议程:错失良机
Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-09-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.16-00037
J. Queralt, Jonathan Fu, M. Romano
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引用次数: 12
Financial sustainability of microfinance institutions in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from GMM estimates 撒哈拉以南非洲小额金融机构的财务可持续性：来自GMM估计的证据
Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-09-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.16-00023
Sydney Chikalipah
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引用次数: 19
Guest Editorial: Does ‘microfinance’ mean what it used to? 客座编辑：“小额信贷”的意思和过去一样吗？
Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-09-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.2017.28-3ED
W. Steel
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引用次数: 0
Value chain development in Nicaragua: prevailing approaches and tools used for design and implementation 尼加拉瓜的价值链发展:用于设计和实施的普遍方法和工具
Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-03-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.16-00035
J. Donovan, D. Stoian, Keith Poe
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引用次数: 8
Value chain financing: evidence from Zambia on smallholder access to finance for mechanization 价值链融资：赞比亚关于小农户获得机械化融资的证据
Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-03-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.16-00027
S. L. Middelberg
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引用次数: 12
Household-microenterprise – the missing link in gendered value chain analysis: lessons from an analysis of dairy chains in Nicaragua 家庭微型企业——性别价值链分析中缺失的一环：尼加拉瓜乳制品链分析的经验教训
Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-03-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.16-00028
S. Flores, J. Bastiaensen
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引用次数: 2
Crossfire: 'private sector engagement in smallholder value chains'. 交叉火力:“私营部门参与小农价值链”。
Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-03-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.2017.28-1CF
J. Belt, J. Hellin
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引用次数: 0
Value chain development in Vietnam: a look at approaches used and options for improved impact 越南的价值链发展:考察所使用的方法和改善影响的选择
Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-03-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.16-00034
B. Even, J. Donovan
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引用次数: 5
Impact assessment of commodity standards: towards inclusive value chains 商品标准的影响评估：走向包容性价值链
Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-03-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.16-00020
Ruerd Ruben
{"title":"Impact assessment of commodity standards: towards inclusive value chains","authors":"Ruerd Ruben","doi":"10.3362/1755-1986.16-00020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3362/1755-1986.16-00020","url":null,"abstract":"Voluntary commodity standards are widely used to enhance the performance of tropical agro-food chains and to support the welfare and sustainability of smallholder farmers. Different methods and approaches are used to assess the effectiveness and impact of these certification schemes at farm-household, village, cooperative, and regional level. We provide an overview of the results from robust impact studies on coffee, tea, banana, cocoa, and cotton certification programmes. Overall outcomes show rather modest net revenue effects for farmers, small direct income effect for wage workers, and contested sustainability effects. Most impact studies focus on primary sourcing, but devote less attention to changes in trust and governance throughout the value chain. Moreover, implications for gender issues and supply chain trust are not always fully addressed. In order to better understand these somewhat disappointing effects, we discuss different fallacies and drawbacks that affect impact studies concerning commodi...","PeriodicalId":39025,"journal":{"name":"Enterprise Development and Microfinance","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3362/1755-1986.16-00020","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42281357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 25
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