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1. Informal Finance and Microfinance in Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago : An Institutional Study
Abstract : This study is about informal institutions in informal finance and microfinance in Jamaica and Trinidad-Tobago. Informal institutions as understood in this study are unwritten social norms that cater to specific needs in the society, and can be indirectly captured and measured in their outcome. READ MORE
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2. Housing finance methods in urban Tanzania : The case of households in Kinondoni Municipality, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Abstract : Effective housing finance methods require the interrelationships between the housing finance system components such as banking and capital markets, land registry, the housing sector, and macroeconomic and socioeconomic aspects. Nonetheless, despite the exclusion of the majority of the households by formal long-term housing finance methods, Tanzania has experienced substantial improvement in housing development in the last two decades. READ MORE
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3. Housing Finance in Kampala, Uganda : To Borrow or Not to Borrow
Abstract : Housing is an important part of development processes and typically requires long-term finance. Without long-term financial instruments, it is difficult for households to smooth income over time by investing in housing. READ MORE
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4. Bureaucracy, Informality and Taxation : Essays in Development Economics and Public Finance
Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Essay 1, "Dispatchers", is a study of a specialized service sector that has arisen in many developing countries.It is a well-established fact that the government bureaucracy in many developing countries is large, difficult to understand, non-transparent and time-consuming. READ MORE
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5. Close-ups from afar: the nature of the informal venture capital market in a spatial context
Abstract : The availability of external equity finance is one of the vital conditions for emergence and growth of young entrepreneurial firms. Yet, the access to finance is both limited and unevenly distributed in geographical space. READ MORE