Political Geography: Global Focus / Topic: Microcredit

Author:: Muhammad Yunus
Publication Date:: 06-2020
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: Brown Journal of World Affairs
Abstract:: Muhammad Yunus is an economist and the founder of Grameen Bank, which provides microcredit to the impoverished without requiring collateral. Yunus and Grameen were awarded the Noble Peace Prize in 2006.
Topic:: Development, International Trade and Finance, Capitalism, Finance, and Microcredit
Political Geography:: Global Focus

Author:: SVRI
Publication Date:: 11-2019
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: The Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI)
Abstract:: Poverty is a risk factor associated with gender-based violence; it also often intersects with and reinforces gender inequality. Various microfinance and other economic empowerment approaches have been implemented to try to address this intersection.
Topic:: Economics, Gender Issues, Poverty, Women, Gender Based Violence, and Microcredit
Political Geography:: Bangladesh, Egypt, and Global Focus

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