scholarly journals Impact of Samurdhi Program on Poverty Alleviation: An Empirical Investigation of Samurdhi Beneficiaries in Kopay DS Division in Jaffna district

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
H. Thavarasasingam ◽  
S. Balagobei
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Empirical Investigation

scholarly journals Evaluating the Impact of Microfinance for Women in Albania

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
Oltiana Muharremi ◽  
Filloreta Madani ◽  
Erald Pelari
Keyword(s):  
Social Influence ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Micro Enterprises

<p class="Default"><em>Microfinance is defined as any activity involving the offering of financial services such as loans, savings and insurance to individuals with low income.</em><em> </em><em>Creating social value includes reducing poverty and having a better impact to improve living conditions through capital for micro-enterprises; insurance and savings deposits for reducing risk and boosting consumption. Worldwide microfinance actors promote access to basic financial services by developing new tools, a variety of products and the adoption of an integrated banking access.</em></p><p class="Default"><em>Initially, microfinance was largely gender neutral: it sought to provide credit to the poor who had no assets to pledge as collateral. It quickly emerged, however, that women invested their business profits in ways that would have a longer-lasting impact on their families and communities. Consequently women became fundamental to the success of the microfinance model as a poverty alleviation tool. The purpose of this article is to examine the impact of microfinance loans in improving the lives of women borrowers, as well as in strengthening their social influence and the microcredit impact in promoting savings. This study is based on an empirical investigation of 384 structured questionnaires and surveys directed at microfinance institutions and their clients in the regions of Vlore and Fier, Albania.</em></p>

scholarly journals ZAKAT AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN INDONESIA: A PANEL ANALYSIS AT PROVINCIAL LEVEL

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Evi Aninatin Nimatul Choiriyah ◽  
Abdul Kafi ◽  
Irma Faikhotul Hikmah ◽  
Imam Wahyudi Indrawan
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Annual Data ◽  
Panel Analysis ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Poverty Indicators ◽  
Poor Population

As a pillar of Islam and an instrument for poverty alleviation, zakat is perceived as aneffective tool for tackling the problem of poverty in the Muslim world. However,whether zakat is effective in improving indicators of both quantity and quality ofpoverty is still a question requiring empirical investigation. This study is aims toempirically investigate the role of impactful zakat in poverty alleviation as indicated bythe BAZNAS prosperity index (Indeks Kesejahteraan BAZNAS or IKB), at provinciallevel in Indonesia. This study covers annual data from 28 provinces in Indonesia forthe years 2017 and 2018. Data analysis uses a panel-data approach, with threeindicators of poverty – the poverty headcount ratio (P0), poverty gap index (P1), andpoverty severity index (P2) – as dependent variables. The study finds that higherBAZNAS IKB, used as a sign of impactful zakat, significantly reduces P0 but hasinsignificant effect on P1 and P2. The results of this study imply that zakat managersshould put emphasis on the poorest section of the poor population to enableimprovements in poverty indicators through zakat utilization.

scholarly journals Wakaf Uang dan Pengaruhnya terhadap Program Pengentasan Kemiskinan di Indonesia

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-29
Author(s):  
M. Nur Rianto Al Arif
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Social Security System ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Security System ◽  
Government Program

Cash waqf has played a significant role in economics as one of the new Islamic fiscal instruments. Cash waqf has two functions. First, it functions as a facility for the purpose of worship and secondly, it constitutes means as to achieve social welfare. The return of cash waqf management can be used as an instrument for poverty alleviation program through social security system. As a social security system, cash waqf will contribute to the government’s alleviation program which focuses on community empowerment. This paper discusses the role of cash waqf in alleviating poverty which recently has become government program. It observes how the income of the cash waqf is distributed and how it gives an impact on the poverty alleviation in Indonesia. Deploying bibliographical and empirical investigation, this paper argues that the cash waqf has significant role in financial empowerment of the society.  

Self-Esteem and the SCII: Empirical Investigation of a Clinical Observation

1979 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-86
Author(s):  
Karen Friedel ◽  
Jo-Ida Hansen ◽  
Thomas J. Hummel ◽  
Warren F. Shaffer
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Clinical Observation ◽  
Self Esteem

Self-Injurious Behavior vs. Nonsuicidal Self-Injury

Crisis ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Bloom ◽  
Shareen Holly ◽  
Adam M. P. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Positive Reinforcement ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Animal Research ◽  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Pharmacological Interventions ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Cns Stimulant ◽  
Nonsuicidal Self Injury

Background: Historically, the field of self-injury has distinguished between the behaviors exhibited among individuals with a developmental disability (self-injurious behaviors; SIB) and those present within a normative population (nonsuicidal self-injury; NSSI),which typically result as a response to perceived stress. More recently, however, conclusions about NSSI have been drawn from lines of animal research aimed at examining the neurobiological mechanisms of SIB. Despite some functional similarity between SIB and NSSI, no empirical investigation has provided precedent for the application of SIB-targeted animal research as justification for pharmacological interventions in populations demonstrating NSSI. Aims: The present study examined this question directly, by simulating an animal model of SIB in rodents injected with pemoline and systematically manipulating stress conditions in order to monitor rates of self-injury. Methods: Sham controls and experimental animals injected with pemoline (200 mg/kg) were assigned to either a low stress (discriminated positive reinforcement) or high stress (discriminated avoidance) group and compared on the dependent measures of self-inflicted injury prevalence and severity. Results: The manipulation of stress conditions did not impact the rate of self-injury demonstrated by the rats. The results do not support a model of stress-induced SIB in rodents. Conclusions: Current findings provide evidence for caution in the development of pharmacotherapies of NSSI in human populations based on CNS stimulant models. Theoretical implications are discussed with respect to antecedent factors such as preinjury arousal level and environmental stress.

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