Search Results - subject:"LOW INCOME GROUPS"

Micro-takāful scheme for the protection of houses belonging to low-income groups in Malaysia

Mohd Fauzi, Puteri Nur Farah Naadia - In: ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance 14 (2022) 3, pp. 303-314

protection of houses belonging to low-income groups in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach - The study is conducted via desk … study confirm the importance of micro-takāful as a scheme for the protection of low-income groups. Micro-takāful schemes in … the provision of micro-takāful schemes for the protection of houses for low-income groups. This represents another …

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Micro-takāful scheme for the protection of houses belonging to low-income groups in Malaysia

Mohd Fauzi, Puteri Nur Farah Naadia; Mohamad Akram Laldin - In: ISRA international journal of islamic finance : an … 14 (2022) 3, pp. 303-314

protection of houses belonging to low-income groups in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach The study is conducted via desk … study confirm the importance of micro-takāful as a scheme for the protection of low-income groups. Micro-takāful schemes in … the provision of micro-takāful schemes for the protection of houses for low-income groups. This represents another …

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Community-Based Health Insurance Schemes

Sparrow, Robert; Bedi, Arjun Singh; Mebratie, Mebratie, A.D. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2013

Due to the limited ability of publicly financed health systems in developing countries to provide adequate access to health care, community-based health financing has been proposed as a viable option. This has led to the implementation of a number of Community- Based Health Insurance (CBHI)...

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Community Mobilization in Mumbai Slums to Improve Perinatal Care and Outcomes: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

More, Neena Shah; Bapat, Ujwala; Das, Sushmita; Alcock, Glyn - eSocialSciences - 2012

Improving maternal and newborn health in low-income settings requires both health service and community action. Previous community initiatives have been predominantly rural, but India is urbanizing. While working to improve health service quality, an intervention in which urban slum-dweller...

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GETTING AROUND WHEN YOU?RE JUST GETTING BY: THE TRAVEL BEHAVIOR AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENDITURES OF LOW-INCOME ADULTS

Agrawal, Asha Weinstein; Blumenberg, Evelyn A.; Abel, Sarah - 2011

How much do people with limited resources pay for cars, public transit, and other means of travel? How does their transportation behavior change during periods of falling employment and rising fuel prices? This research uses in-depth interviews with 73 adults to examine how rising transportation...

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Optimal Time and Opportunity Cost of Job Search in Low-Income Groups: an Out-of-the-job Search Model

Todorova, Tamara; Dzharova, Veselina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Our paper studies the causes of poverty from the perspective of job search. We show that poor people remain poor because they have less time and initial endowment to search for a better job. Initial endowment is key to successful job search, as one can afford not to work and search longer for a...

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An introduction to electric industry restructuring

Eisenberg, J.F.; Berry, L.G. - 2009

This paper briefly describes the electric industry, its residential markets, industry structure and current trends. Its purpose is to provide Weatherization grants managers with the background necessary to assess their leveraging opportunities in an industry that is experiencing sweeping...

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Program evaluation: Weatherization Residential Assistance Partnership (WRAP) Program

2008

The Connecticut low income weatherization program was developed in response to a 1987 rate docket order from the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) to Connecticut Light Power Co., an operating subsidiary of Northeast Utilities (NU). (Throughout this report, NU is referred to...

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The impact of rising energy prices on household energy consumption and expenditure patterns: The Persian Gulf crisis as a case example

Henderson, L.J.; Poyer, D.A.; Teotia, A.P.S. - 2008

The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent war between Iraq and an international alliance led by the United States triggered immediate increases in world oil prices. Increases in world petroleum prices and in US petroleum imports resulted in higher petroleum prices for US customers. In this...

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Low Income Consumer Utility Issues: A National Perspective

Eisenberg, J - 2008

This report has been prepared to provide low-income advocates and other stakeholders information on the energy burden faced by low-income customers and programs designed to alleviate that burden in various states. The report describes programs designed to lower payments, manage arrearages,...

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