Private sector development

Access to land and the environment

Submitted by aarkwright
on Mon, 12/09/2016 - 16:01

This research project aims at understanding the implications of common forest land privatization on the state of forests resources, on the welfare of households receiving land titles and on the welfare of populations living in nearby areas. The Forest Rights Act (FRA), a law passed in 2006 in India, formally recognizes the rights of Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (OTFD) to claim titles on land that they were occupying for a long enough period of time.

Policies promoting access to credit

Submitted by aarkwright
on Mon, 12/09/2016 - 14:51

Many factors influence the rate at which firms are created and the rate at which they expand. These factors include technological developments, institutional factors (such as the regulatory environment) and the functioning of credit markets. Much of the existing literature comes from the industrialized countries but there is a burgeoning interest in the role of increasing access to credit on the entry of new (especially small) firms and the post-entry growth of successful young businesses in developing countries.

Microfinance and the poor

Submitted by aarkwright
on Mon, 12/09/2016 - 14:19

The impact of microfinance institutions development on the predicament of the poor remains a poorly understood issue. Several research questions are involved:

1) Are the poor discriminated against in the formation process of microfinance groups?

2) Are the poor more likely to be excluded from these groups over time and which are the precise motives for their exclusion?

3) Are the uses to which the poor allocate the money obtained through microfinance groups more or less productive or income generating than the uses chosen by the non-poor? 

Promoting Basic Entrepreneurship Among the Ultra Poor

Submitted by aarkwright
on Mon, 12/09/2016 - 12:23

A series of recent studies have provided tentatively positive results on the ability of simple transfer programs, coupled with basic training, to enable the ultra poor to build basic livelihoods through simple entrepreneurial activities. Little is known, however, about where these programs will be successful, the mechanisms through which they work and their impacts on those that are excluded because they are relatively wealthier.

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