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The Payday Lending Market in Tennessee, USA – Today’s Situation
Microfinance institutions have emerged abroad since the early 80s of the last century and have developed so much that this process is now called the “microfinance revolution”. Microfinance has become a significant factor in the transformation of modern financial infrastructure in many countries of the world. The microfinance market is young and dynamic. The demand…
What Is Happening To Loans In The U.S. Market? A 2022 Survey
Where, how and why do ordinary American households and businesses take loans? Which financial institutions are trusted? Are they able to pay their debts on time? What are the needs for loans? To get answers to these and many other questions, we studied the lending market in the U.S. Today, we share the results in…
The Best Ways to Make Money Fast
Are you need money urgently and there are still a few weeks until you get your next paycheck? Do not despair! Below you can find several ways to make money fast.
Dimensions Magazine: Promoting Multidimensional Poverty Measures
WHAT IS DIMENSIONS MAGAZINE? Poverty is a phenomenon that goes far beyond income poverty and, as such, must be understood and measured in all its complexity. A group of countries has taken the initiative in this way of viewing poverty and has established the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN). Te MPPN is a network of…
Qali Warma National School Nutrition Program
Member country: Peru Implementing Institution: Ministry of Social Development and Inclusion Topics: Food Security Target population: Children Area of Influence: National Project duration: Mar, 2013 to Dec, 2015 Project status: Design General Objectives: The program needs to ensure quality food service to children attending public schools from their earliest enrollment, beginning at 3 years of…
AVANCEMOS
Member country: Costa Rica Implementing Institution: Social Assistance Institute Topics: Conditional Cash Transfers Target population: Youth Area of Influence: National Project duration: Aug, 2006 Project status: Implementation, Monitoring, Evaluation General Objectives: The main objective of the program is to promote school attendance among adolescents and youth between ages 12 and 21 who belong to families in extreme poverty. The aim is to…
SISBEN
Member country: Colombia Implementing Institution: Department of National Planning (DNP) Topics: Funding for Social Programs Target population: Children, Women, Youth, Adults, Elderly, Ethnic Groups Area of Influence: National Project duration: Jan, 2008 to Jun, 2009 Project status: Evaluation General Objectives: To design and implement an instrument for targeting potential beneficiaries of social programs (Registry of Potential Beneficiaries) Achievements: The latest version of…
PovcalNet: an online poverty analysis tool
Link: http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm?0 PovcalNet is an interactive computational tool that allows you to replicate the calculations made by the World Bank’s researchers in estimating the extent of absolute poverty in the world. PovcalNet also allows you to calculate the poverty measures under different assumptions and to assemble the estimates using alternative country groupings or for any…
From Protection to Production (PtoP) Exploring the linkages and strengthening coordination between social protection and rural development
File: PDF icon ptop_short_description_11feb14.pdf File Created On: July, 2015 Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) The From Protection to Production (PtoP) project is a multi-country impact evaluation of cash transfers in sub-Saharan Africa. The project is a collaborative effort between the FAO, the UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office and the governments of…
MDG Success Springboard for New Sustainable Development Agenda: UN Report
File: PDF icon odm_final_report.pdf External Link: News File Created On: July, 2015 Latin America and the Caribbean continue to show impressive gains in many areas, although disparities exist between the sub-regions. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have produced the most successful anti-poverty movement in history and will serve as the jumping-off point for the new sustainable development agenda…