A Research Agenda for Financial Inclusion and Microfinance

A Research Agenda for Financial Inclusion and Microfinance
Author: Marek Hudon
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 195
Release:
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1788114221

How can financial services, such as credit, deposit accounts, financial transfers, and insurance be provided to people in need? This challenging and complex issue has been a topic of interest for the international aid community for decades. Drawing on renowned experts in microfinance and financial inclusion, this Research Agenda sheds much-needed light on this multifaceted challenge and points the way ahead for future research.

Handbook of Microfinance, Financial Inclusion and Development

Handbook of Microfinance, Financial Inclusion and Development
Author: Valentina Hartarska
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 495
Release: 2023-02-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1789903874

This timely Handbook collates a range of evidence from top scholars in the field to help readers understand who microfinance reaches, how it helps, and why clients come back. It offers updated views on important concepts that enable a broader framework for understanding poverty and the corresponding financial needs of poor households.

A Research Agenda for Economic Anthropology

A Research Agenda for Economic Anthropology
Author: James G. Carrier
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2019
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1788116100

The financial crisis and its economic and political aftermath have changed the ways that many anthropologists approach economic activities, institutions and systems. This insightful volume presents important elements of this change. With topics ranging from the relationship of states and markets to the ways that anthropologists’ political preferences and assumptions harm their work, the book presents cogent statements by younger and established scholars of how existing research areas can be extended and the new avenues that ought to be pursued.

A Research Agenda for Housing

A Research Agenda for Housing
Author: Markus Moos
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2019
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1788116518

Housing is one of the most pertinent issues of our time. Shaped by rapid urbanization, financialization, and various changes in demography, technology, political ideology and public policy, the provision of affordable, adequate, and suitable housing has become an increasingly challenging feat. From high-rise apartment towers constructed in global cities around the world to informal settlements rapidly expanding across the global south, this volume focuses on how political, economic, and societal changes are shaping housing in a variety of contexts.

A Research Agenda for Global Crime

A Research Agenda for Global Crime
Author: Tim Hall
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2019
Genre: Crime and globalization
ISBN: 1786438674

This multidisciplinary collection of essays by leading international scholars explores many pressing issues related to global crime. The book opens with essays that look across this diverse terrain and then moves on to consider specific areas including organised crime, cyber-crime, war-crimes, terrorism, state and private violence, riots and political protest, prisons, sport and crime and counterfeit goods. The book emphasises the centrality of crime to the contemporary global world and mobilises diverse disciplinary positions to help understand and address this.

A Research Agenda for Federalism Studies

A Research Agenda for Federalism Studies
Author: John Kincaid
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2019-12-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1788112970

In this forward-thinking book, fifteen leading scholars set forth cutting-edge agendas for research on significant facets of federalism, including basic theory, comparative studies, national and subnational constitutionalism, courts, self-rule and shared rule, centralization and decentralization, nationalism and diversity, conflict resolution, gender equity, and federalism challenges in Africa, Asia, and the European Union. More than 40 percent of the world’s population lives under federal arrangements, making federalism not only a major research subject but also a vital political issue worldwide.

A Research Agenda for Social Entrepreneurship

A Research Agenda for Social Entrepreneurship
Author: Anne de Bruin
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2019
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1788972325

In the last two decades social entrepreneurship has grown in energy and impact as entrepreneurial spirit has increasingly turned to finding solutions for social, cultural and environmental issues. As social entrepreneurship has grown in popularity, so too has its academic study. A Research Agenda for Social Entrepreneurship brings together contributions from developing paths in the field to signpost the directions ahead for the study of social entrepreneurship.

A Research Agenda for Climate Justice

A Research Agenda for Climate Justice
Author: Paul G. Harris
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2019
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1788118170

Climate change will bring great suffering to communities, individuals and ecosystems. Those least responsible for the problem will suffer the most. Justice demands urgent action to reverse its causes and impacts. In this provocative new book, Paul G. Harris brings together a collection of original essays to explore alternative, innovative approaches to understanding and implementing climate justice in the future. Through investigations informed by philosophy, politics, sociology, law and economics, this Research Agenda reveals how climate change is a matter of justice and makes concrete proposals for more effective mitigation.

A Research Agenda for Creative Industries

A Research Agenda for Creative Industries
Author: Stuart Cunningham
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 195
Release:
Genre: Cultural industries
ISBN: 1788118588

Interdisciplinary, internationally focused, policy-informed, and strategic, this book sets out agendas for advancing research into creative industries as a productive and innovative intervention in public policy. With contributions from leading scholars, policy and industry specialists, this Research Agenda will be a vital resource for students and academics working in the fields of communication, culture, film and media, geography, business and policy studies, and Internet and social media studies.

A Research Agenda for Sustainable Tourism

A Research Agenda for Sustainable Tourism
Author: Stephen F. McCool
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 271
Release:
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 1788117107

Exploring tourism in an increasingly valuable landscape, this forward-looking book examines the importance of the sustainability of global travel. Leading authors in the field outline the major trajectories for research helpful in developing a sustainable and environmentally-minded industry.