Banking the Last Mile: How Financial Inclusion Could Decide India’s Sustainability Future
New research in Discover Sustainability argues that India's financial inclusion drive has stalled at the last mile, where tribal and ...
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Microcredit Lifts Technology Adoption and Incomes for Farmers in Drought-Prone India
A survey of 400 farmers in Rayalaseema shows microcredit recipients adopt farm innovations at nearly double the rate of non-recipients ...
China’s Digital Yuan Pushes Financial Inclusion to the Frontier of Central Bank Money
A new study finds that China's digital renminbi has been deliberately engineered by the People's Bank of China to advance ...
Collateral-Free Loans in Bangladesh Leave Women’s Businesses Hiring Five Times More Workers
A matched evaluation of Bangladesh Bank's collateral-free refinancing scheme finds women borrowers employ about five times as many workers as ...
Self-Help Group Microfinance Delivers Real Gains in Financial Inclusion and Women’s Autonomy in Assam
A field study of 165 women in Bodoland, Assam, using composite indices and propensity score matching finds that self-help group ...
Street Food, Hard Numbers: What Tanzanian Vendors Reveal About Decent Work
A survey of 77 informal food vendors at Tanzania's Kigamboni Ferry Bus Stand finds strong practical skills but weak strategic ...
In Uganda’s Drought-Hit Cattle Corridor, Gender Gaps Decide Who Survives the Dry Season
A survey of over 1,100 households in Uganda's drought-prone cattle corridor shows that gendered gaps in asset ownership, spending patterns, ...
Follow the Money: Two Decades of Research Reveal How Finance Shapes the Fate of the World’s Fishing Communities
A two-decade systematic review finds that research on fisheries finance has surged by over 23 percent annually, revealing how microloans, ...
Gift-Giving Strains Rural China’s Poor, but Digital Finance Softens the Blow
A new study of four waves of the China Household Finance Survey finds that gift-giving burdens lower the happiness of ...
FinTech Adoption Drives Faster, Safer Bank Lending in Bangladesh, Study Finds
A new UTAUT-based study of 354 Bangladeshi banking professionals shows that FinTech adoption significantly improves loan disbursement speed, recovery efficiency, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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