Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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A socio-economic study of the borrowing process: The case of microentrepreneurs in Jordan
Published 2004-08-01This paper investigates the socio-economic determinants of four stages of borrowing process of the Jordanian microfinance market. The equations and functions corresponding to the stages of the borrowing process are estimated ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Demand for Microcredit by Indonesian women
Published 2006-05-01The poverty alleviating benefits of gender-targeted microcredit programs has successfully been demonstrated in South Asia. In this paper, we examine the demand for credit by Indonesian women, in the absence of such a ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Prices and Poverty in Urban Ethiopia
Published 2005-04-01Poverty is an ongoing issue in Ethiopia. The identification of policy options to address the problem primarily requires that poverty be measured accurately. One of the most important ingredients in the measurement of poverty ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
A New Keynesian Perspective of Monetary Policy Implementation in Australia
Published 2004-01-01We estimate a structural VAR (SVAR) for the Australian economy based on an open economy New Keynesian macro model. The identification of the rational expectations SVAR is achieved by placing exclusion restrictions on the ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Re-examining Economic Growth-Environment Relationship: Evidence from High-, Medium- And Low-Income Countries
Published 2003-02-01There is said to be an inverted U shaped relationship between economic growth and the environment, named environmental Kuznets curve (EKC). But why such relationship exists and what are the mechanisms by which economic ...Open AccessWorking Paper