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Tag: Low income lives

Micro and small enterprises: Will the pandemic put an end to their business?

This blog looks at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on micro and small enterprises (MSEs) across low- and middle-income countries, which are particularly vulnerable to shocks. Our research insights will help policymakers and financial institutions support the recovery and rebuilding of the MSME sector in the wake of the disease.

Apr 15, 2020

Nitish Narain, Abhishek Anand, Surbhi Sood and Shobhit Mishra

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Apr 15, 2020

Nitish Narain, Abhishek Anand, Surbhi Sood and Shobhit Mishra

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The economies have been hit already—we now need palliatives and ultimately cures

An economic pandemic is upon us as the COVID-19 infection continues to spread around world, affecting a billion people from the low-income segment. Our blog looks at why policymakers need a feedback loop of evidence-based information for governments to develop and deploy effective policy measures.

Apr 14, 2020

Akhand Tiwari, Doreen Ahimbisibwe, Agnes Salyanty, Manoj Pandey, Rahul Chatterjee and Rahmatika Febrianti

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Apr 14, 2020

Akhand Tiwari, Doreen Ahimbisibwe, Agnes Salyanty, Manoj Pandey, Rahul Chatterjee and Rahmatika Febrianti

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Ambition and debt

Part of our Low Income Lives series, this blog reveals how rickshaw driver Abul from Bangladesh managed to buy a better vehicle and how it affected the economy and welfare of his household.

Aug 27, 2019

Stuart Rutherford

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Aug 27, 2019

Stuart Rutherford

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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 and seemed to reflect the influence of strong or weak area managers. He notes that this diversity of performance within microfinance organizations matters—it has been neglected and this could cause problems later.

Aug 26, 2019

Dan Brockington

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Aug 26, 2019

Dan Brockington

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Micro-entrepreneurs and occupational hazards: Why do poor people settle for low-return employment?

In this blog, we highlight why the poor wish to engage in unskilled labor and petty trade by studying the records of respondents from low-income households in a “financial diary” research project in central Bangladesh.

Aug 26, 2019

Stuart Rutherford and Rahul Chatterjee

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Stuart Rutherford and Rahul Chatterjee

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Bangladeshi MFIs need to reinvent themselves for women: Why digitizing MFI operations is a good idea

We explore the importance of digitization for MFIs and the impact of microfinance in empowering women in Bangladesh through our concept of “Financial Services Space”.

Aug 26, 2019

Akhand Tiwari, Rahul Chatterjee and Ravi Kant

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