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"What do ambitious rural young people really need?" The answer: An ear, a hand, and a heart provided by a mentor or coach and membership in supportive producer groups.

This paper explores how reducing vulnerability through insurance impacts child labour and schooling.

The report demonstrates how microfinance can be further leveraged to provide a powerful tool to address one of India’s persistent barriers to the economic advancement of the poor: ill health caused by lack of access to health services.

The present study evaluates a targeted health microinsurance program, namely the Health Care Fund for the Poor, which was initiated in Vietnam in 2003.

The paper demonstrates that the distribution of 'winners' and 'losers' is not determined purely by chance; it also reflects differences in endowments and efforts.

Findings from this baseline study demonstrate a multitude of serious health issues for the Ghizar population.

The Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) project in India has found that the use of outpatient services by clients is associated with increased renewals. As an added benefit of its cashless inpatient health insurance product, SSP offers clients a discount of approximately 50 percent on consultation fees from a network of local physicians and a 40 to 70 percent discount on the retail price of drugs. This Emerging Insight highlights the project's observations around client behavior related to outpatient services.

As microfinance organizations develop sustainable growth and borrowers' increasing incomes become important issues to address.

Lessons learned from economic livelihood programs aimed at improving the economic future of street children.