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Resource Type: Research papers

Stuart Rutherford

Ambition and debt

Part of our Low Income Lives series, this blog reveals how rickshaw driver Abul from...
Aug 27, 2019

Stuart Rutherford

Something to fall back on (Managing income volatility)

As part of the Hrishipara Daily Diaries Project, MSC tracked the income of a brick-breaker...
Aug 26, 2019

Dan Brockington

The strange neglect of diversity within microfinance institutions

This blog is Dan Brockington’s highlights on how the branch performance in BRAC-Tanzania varies considerably...
Aug 26, 2019

Stuart Rutherford and Rahul Chatterjee

Micro-entrepreneurs and occupational hazards: Why do poor people settle for...

In this blog, we highlight why the poor wish to engage in unskilled labor and...
Aug 26, 2019

Akhand Tiwari, Rahul Chatterjee and Ravi Kant

Bangladeshi MFIs need to reinvent themselves for women: Why digitizing...

We explore the importance of digitization for MFIs and the impact of microfinance in empowering...
Aug 26, 2019

Karthick Morchan, Mohak Srivastava and Akhand Tiwari

Optimizing agent network distribution

The study showcases the effectiveness of using geospatial analysis and smart data collection techniques. This...
Jul 29, 2019
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