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The nexus between microcredit nominal interest rates and inflation in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from panel vector autoregression analysis 撒哈拉以南非洲小额信贷名义利率与通货膨胀之间的关系：来自面板向量自回归分析的证据

Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.00038

Sydney Chikalipah

引用次数: 5

Loan demand in Jordanian microfinance market: interest rate elasticity and loan-acceptance prediction via logistic regression 约旦小额信贷市场的贷款需求:利率弹性和基于逻辑回归的贷款接受预测

Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.16-00009

Franz Rembart, Erfan Soliman

引用次数: 3

Graduation rates of micro and small enterprises in the Netherlands: it’s all about our missing memory 荷兰微型和小型企业的毕业率：都是因为我们错过了记忆

Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.00019

A. Kraaij, Klaas Molenaar

引用次数: 1

Market systems development in education? An experimental case from Nigeria 教育市场体系的发展？尼日利亚的一个实验案例

Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.15-00032

B. Taylor, Sarah Barlow, R. Cunningham

引用次数: 4

Approaches and tools for inclusive value chain development: lessons from Uganda for improved impact 包容性价值链发展的方法和工具：乌干达提高影响力的经验教训

Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.00036

D. Naziri, S. Mayanja, J. Ssemwanga, J. Donovan

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引用次数: 4

Editorial: Revisiting the role of business, technical, and financial services in fostering rural entrepreneurship 社论:重新审视商业、技术和金融服务在促进农村创业中的作用

Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.2017.28-4ED

J. Donovan, J. Hellin, D. Stoian

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引用次数: 0

Does microfinance help to reduce poverty in Ethiopia? Propensity score matching impact analysis. 小额信贷有助于减少埃塞俄比亚的贫困吗？倾向得分匹配影响分析。

Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.2017.HAW

Hailai Abera Weldeslassie

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引用次数: 7

What is cocoa sustainability? Mapping stakeholders’ socio-economic, environmental, and commercial constellations of priorities 什么是可可的可持续性?绘制利益相关者的社会经济、环境和商业优先事项

Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-09-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.17-000JK

Judith E. Krauss

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引用次数: 14

Six myths of farmer finance 农民金融六大神话

Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-09-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.15-00043

R. Kamp

引用次数: 1

Trade-off between outreach and sustainability of microfinance institutions: evidence from sub-Saharan Africa 小额信贷机构的拓展与可持续性之间的权衡:来自撒哈拉以南非洲的证据

Enterprise Development and Microfinance Pub Date : 2017-09-01 DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.16-00014

Adams Abdulai, D. Tewari

引用次数: 32