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Thus, addressing the economics of agriculture without paying special attention to issues related to agricultural sector inefficiencies such as post-harvest crop losses, especially in countries that highly depend on agriculture, is to limit knowledge on the matter. The role of agriculture is not limited to the assurance of food security, but is largely hidden in the growth of economies, especially for countries whose economies depend on agriculture. Agriculture in the developing world is hindered by several factors, which are mainly categorised into institutional factors; poverty, geographical and climate factors; and human factors. [Extracted from the article]

Some authors acknowledge that microfinance providers are a distinct group from the borrowers, but rare (if any) authors address the impact of cultural factors and the intersection of identities, such as race, class, and gender, on microfinance allocations. Also, through the book, Hossein does not only focus on challenging how microfinance has commercialised, but also how researchers and microfinance providers have neglected different indigenous banking systems. Some critics state that Hossein disregards the political framework where microfinance operates and is regulated as well as the impacts of microfinance in other regions. Award-winner Hossein has been applauded for criticising commercial microfinance and its connections with political system and showing positive examples of informal type of microfinance. [Extracted from the article]

The firm's decision includes not only its jobs, but the jobs of other firms in the state that are affected by its decision. Such estimates suggest that for every job created by incented firms another 1.5-3.0 jobs are created by other firms on the state. For every 10 jobs, Bartik states that in the short run 6 jobs are filled by state residents and 4 are filled by in-migrants. [Extracted from the article]

Dr Serena Natile's book, titled I Exclusionary politics of digital financial inclusion: mobile money, gendered walls i , draws on gender as an analytical and methodological tool but also incorporates a socio-legal approach to critique digital financial inclusion. At the end of the book, the author's findings converge with feminist political economy literature which argues that, to achieve gender equity, finance and production have to serve the needs of social reproduction. The result of such overly positive framing is that the ability to simply "pay using mobile money" is presented as a key to access important resources; in other words, "payment" is equated with important developmental outcomes. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents reviews of the book "The Bureaucrat and the Poor: Encounters in French Welfare Offices," by Vincent Dubois, translated by Jean-Yves Bart.

Gregory Elliehausen of Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System reviews, 'No Slack: The Financial Lives of Low-Income Americans.' by Michael S. Barr. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: 'Eleven papers explore the financial constraints and choices of low-income families and examine the ways that low-income families use services through both formal and informal financial institutions, focusing on households in the Detroit area. Papers discuss managing money; banking for all; preferences for plastic; which way to the bank?; borrowing to make ends meet; high-cost homeownership; living on the edge of bankruptcy; expensive tax refunds; paying to save; behaviorally informed regulation; and crisis and reform. Barr is Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School.' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book “Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day,” by Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford, and Orlanda Ruthven.

A review of the book "Punishing the Poor: The Neoliberal Government of Social Insecurity," by Loïc Wacquant is presented.

The article reviews the book "More Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City," by William Julius Wilson.

The article reviews the book "More Than Just Race: Being Black & Poor in the Inner City," by William Julius Wilson.

The article reviews the book "More Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City," by William Julius Wilson.

A review of the book "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in America," by Matthew Desmond, is presented.

The article reviews the book "Speaking Out for America's Poor: A Millionaire Socialist in the Progressive Era: The Life and Work of Robert Hunter," by Edward Allan Brawley.

The article reviews the book "The English Rural Poor, 1850-1914," edited by Mark Freeman.

The article reviews the book "A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World," by Gregory Clark.

Reviews the book "Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor," edited by Tara Herivel and Paul Wright.

Reviews the book `America's Working Poor,' edited by Thomas R. Swartz and Kathleen Maas Weigert.

Reviews the book "Where Credit Is Due: Income Generating Projects for the Poor in Third World Countries," by Joe Remenyi.

Reviews the book "Life Among the Poor in Cairo," by Unni Wikan and translated by Ann Henning.

Reviews the book "Justice and the Poor. A Study of the Present Denial of Justice to the Poor and of the Agencies Making More Equal Their Position Before the Law, With Particular Reference to Legal Aid Work in the United States," by Reginald Heber Smith.