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| Andersson, Camilla I.M.; Holmgren, Erik; MacGregor, James; Stage, Jesper. |
| Smallholder farmers have long been denied access to formal credit, largely because of the high administrative fees associated with loans. A possible solution to this problem, which has become increasingly popular, is the use of microcredit financing, where innovative means of securing the loans, such as peer monitoring, are used. This paper examines the effectiveness of formal microcredit schemes as compared to the traditional informal credit sources in a rural shrimp farming district of Bangladesh. We compare the two types of credit by studying the technical and allocative efficiencies of the two groups of borrowers. The findings suggest that farmers using both types of microcredit have difficulty accessing credit, often over-utilising labour in order to... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Economics; Bangladesh; Shrimp Farming; Fisheries; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Financial Economics; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37921 |
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| Grieg-Gran, Maryanne; de la Harpe, Derek; McGinley, John; MacGregor, James; Bond, Ivan. |
| In order to increase protected area revenue, and as part of a drive for national economic development, the Cambodian government is starting to issue economic concessions in 'sustainable development zones' of of protected areas. The Phnom Aural and Phnom Samkos wildlife sanctuaries cover nearly 600,000 ha and are important for biodiversity conservation and environmental services. They are home to about 30,000 people who rely on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, and collection of non-timber forest products for their livelihoods. Under the Cardamom Mountains Wildlife Sanctuaries Project, a joint project of the Cambodian Ministry of Environment and Fauna and Flora International, zoning plans have been developed for both sanctuaries through participatory... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Markets; Economics; Natural Resources; Cambodia; Wildlife; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37920 |
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| Reid, Hannah; Sahlen, Linda; Stage, Jesper; MacGregor, James. |
| The IPCC recognises Africa as a whole to be “one of the most vulnerable continents to climate variability and change because of multiple stresses and low adaptive capacity. Climate change is likely to exacerbate the dry conditions already experienced in southern Africa. And when rainfall does come, it is likely to be more intense, leading to erosion and flood damage. This will affect the poor most, with resulting constraints on employment opportunities and declining wages. But at present these predictions gain little policy traction in southern African countries. The multilateral climate change process is complicated and slow, and policymakers often see serious action on climate change as a domestic ‘vote loser’. One way to raise climate change concerns... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Climate change; Economics; Namibia; Environmental Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37922 |
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