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Credit Constraints as a Barrier to Technology Adoption by the Poor

Lessons from South-Indian Small-scale Fishery

By: Xavier Gine,Stefan Klonner

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Credit Constraints as a Barrier to Technology Adoption by the Poor

Lessons from South-Indian Small-scale Fishery

By: Xavier Gine,Stefan Klonner

It is generally recognized that the adoption of a new technology plays a fundamental role in the development process. However, the benefits from the introduction of the technology may be unevenly distributed among the population, especially if the markets do not function properly. While the microeconomic literature on technology adopted and diffusion focuses on "who" and "when," the macroeconomic literature has focused on the overall impact of globalization on inequality. In this paper the authors bring these two strands of the literature together by studying the diffusion of plastic reinforced fiber boats in a fishing village in Tamil Nadu and by analyzing the dynamics of income inequality during this process. " -- Cover verso.

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World Bank Publications

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0507191358

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9780507191357

Barriers to Household Risk Management

Evidence from India

By: Ms.Shawn Cole,Mr.Xavier Gine,Mr.Jeremy Tobacman,Petia Topalova,Robert M. Townsend,Mr.James Ian Vickery

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Barriers to Household Risk Management

Evidence from India

By: Ms.Shawn Cole,Mr.Xavier Gine,Mr.Jeremy Tobacman,Petia Topalova,Robert M. Townsend,Mr.James Ian Vickery

Why do many households remain exposed to large exogenous sources of non-systematic income risk? We use a series of randomized field experiments in rural India to test the importance of price and non-price factors in the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance product. Demand is significantly price sensitive, but widespread take-up would not be achieved even if the product offered a payout ratio comparable to U.S. insurance contracts. We present evidence suggesting that lack of trust, liquidity constraints and limited salience are significant non-price frictions that constrain demand. We suggest contract design improvements to mitigate these frictions.

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International Monetary Fund

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1475505442

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9781475505443

The European Human Rights Culture - A Paradox of Human Rights Protection in Europe?

By: Nina-Louisa Arold Lorenz,Xavier Groussot,Gunnar Thor Petursson

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The European Human Rights Culture - A Paradox of Human Rights Protection in Europe?

By: Nina-Louisa Arold Lorenz,Xavier Groussot,Gunnar Thor Petursson

The European Human Rights Culture – A Paradox of Human Rights Protection in Europe? analyses the political term “European Human Rights Culture”, a term first introduced by EU Commission President Barroso. Located in the fields of comparative law and European law, this book analyses, through first-hand interviews with the European judiciary, the judicial perspective on the European human rights culture and sets this in context to the political dimension of the term. In addition, it looks at the structures and procedures of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), and explains the embedding of the Courts’ legal cultures. It offers an in-depth analysis of the margin of appreciation doctrine at both the CJEU and ECtHR, and shows its value for addressing human rights grievances. This book is novel in that it combines interviews and case-law analysis to show how a mix of differences on the bench are legally amalgamated to resolve probing legal questions and human rights issues. It shows, through a combined analysis of case-law and recent political developments for European human rights, the tensions between judicial and political approaches and the paradox of human rights protection in Europe. It also offers in-depth knowledge of the European human rights discourse. In addition to a rich study of legal materials, the book looks inside the box by adding the judiciary’s perspective. Human rights are widely acknowledged in European societies and cases claiming human rights violations are increasing at both the CJEU and ECtHR. In these times of increased human rights awareness, this book uncovers a paradox in European human rights protection which is created by the push-and-pull between judicial and political interests.

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309

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Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

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9004258442

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9789004258440

The Magic Chip

Exploring Microelectronics

By: Frank Ross,Frank Xavier Ross

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The Magic Chip

Exploring Microelectronics

By: Frank Ross,Frank Xavier Ross

Traces the creation and development of one of the greatest technological developments of the twentieth century, the microchip, and describes some of the electronic products and systems that owe their existence to the chip.

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Julian Messner

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0671493736

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9780671493738

Book's by Xavier Gine

Credit Constraints as a Barrier to Technology Adoption by the Poor

Credit Constraints as a Barrier to Technology Adoption by the Poor

Barriers to Household Risk Management

Barriers to Household Risk Management

The European Human Rights Culture - A Paradox of Human Rights Protection in Europe?

The European Human Rights Culture - A Paradox of Human Rights Protection in Europe?

The Magic Chip

The Magic Chip

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