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Microfinance in marginal dry areas: Impact of village credits and savings associations on poverty in the Jabal al Hoss region in Syria
Worldwide, microfinance has been recognized as a powerful tool for alleviating poverty and
raising living standards (Brandsma and Chaouali, 1998). In Syria microfinance is a new industry
and started in 1997. The Rural ...
Community-based Watershed Research in the Terraced Mountains of Yemen
The threat that the degradation of terraces in the highlands of Yemen poses to the livelihood of rural households and to national economic development has been widely recognized. The aim of this study was to contribute to ...