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Working Papers

2013

1. Is Climbing Difficult? A Gendered Analysis on the Use of Financial Services in Ghana and South Africa
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
2. Usage of Financial Services in South Africa: Perceptions Matter
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2012

3. Effect of Perceptions and Behaviour on Access to and Use of Financial Service: Evidence from South Africa
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)

2011

4. Enrolment in Micro Life and Health Insurance: Evidences from Sri Lanka
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (10)
5. United States Microfinance: Regulating to Promote Growth?
   NFI Working Papers, Indiana State University, Scott College of Business, Networks Financial Institute
6. What’s wrong and right with microfinance – missing an angle on responsible finance?
   Global Development Institute Working Paper Series, GDI, The University of Manchester View citations (1)

2010

7. Economic Governance of MFIs: Inside the Black Box
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (4)
   Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010) View citations (3)
   Global Development Institute Working Paper Series, GDI, The University of Manchester (2010) View citations (3)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) View citations (3)
8. How can asset accumulation strategies be meaningful for adivasis in Southern India?
   Global Development Institute Working Paper Series, GDI, The University of Manchester
9. Microfinance and Household Poverty Reduction: New evidence from India
   Discussion Paper Series, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University View citations (93)
   Also in Economics Discussion Paper Series, Economics, The University of Manchester (2010) View citations (97)
   See also Journal Article Microfinance and Household Poverty Reduction: New Evidence from India, World Development, Elsevier (2010) View citations (87) (2010)
10. Risk Management among the Poor: The Case of Microfinancial Services
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)

2009

11. Microfinance Programmes and the Poor: Whom Are They Reaching? Evidence from Ghana
    Global Development Institute Working Paper Series, GDI, The University of Manchester View citations (1)
12. The Role of Microfinance in Asset-Building and Poverty Reduction: The Case of Sinapi Aba Trust of Ghana
    Global Development Institute Working Paper Series, GDI, The University of Manchester View citations (22)

2008

13. Does Microfinance Reduce Poverty in India?
    Economics Discussion Paper Series, Economics, The University of Manchester View citations (12)
14. Micro-Insurance in the Context of Social Protection
    Global Development Institute Working Paper Series, GDI, The University of Manchester View citations (7)
15. Microfinance – A Way Forward
    Global Development Institute Working Paper Series, GDI, The University of Manchester View citations (2)

2006

16. Does the Microfinance Reduce Poverty in India? Propensity Score Matching based on a National-level Household Data
    Economics Discussion Paper Series, Economics, The University of Manchester View citations (11)

2005

17. Corporate Governance in Developing Economies: Perspective from the Banking Sector in Bangladesh
    Development Economics and Public Policy Working Papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) View citations (4)
18. Regulatory Impact on the Development of the Telecommunications Sector in East Africa: A Case Study of Kenya
    Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM)

2004

19. Earnings Inequality in Sri Lanka
    Development Economics and Public Policy Working Papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM)
    See also Journal Article Earnings inequality in sri lanka, Journal of Developing Areas, Tennessee State University, College of Business (2013) (2013)
20. Openness, Technological Capabilities and Regional Disparities in China
    Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM)

2003

21. Corporate Governance of Banks in Developing Economies: Concepts and Issues
    Development Economics and Public Policy Working Papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Corporate Governance of Banks in Developing Economies: concepts and issues, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Wiley Blackwell (2004) View citations (30) (2004)
22. Regulation and Competition: Emerging Issues in an Indian Perspective
    Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2016

1. Uptake of Multiple Microinsurance Schemes: Evidence from Sri Lanka
   The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2016, 41, (2), 205-224 View citations (2)

2015

2. Corporate Social Responsibility and Islamic Financial Institutions (IFIs): Management Perceptions from IFIs in Bahrain
   Journal of Business Ethics, 2015, 129, (4), 785-794 View citations (18)

2014

3. Banking the unbanked: the Mzansi intervention in South Africa
   Indian Growth and Development Review, 2014, 7, (2), 118-141 View citations (2)
4. Financial Services to the Unbanked: the case of the Mzansi intervention in South Africa
   Contemporary Economics, 2014, 8, (2)

2013

5. Earnings inequality in sri lanka
   Journal of Developing Areas, 2013, 47, (1), 355-371
   See also Working Paper Earnings Inequality in Sri Lanka, Development Economics and Public Policy Working Papers (2004) (2004)
6. Overcoming Household Shocks: Do Asset-Accumulation Strategies Matter?
   Review of Social Economy, 2013, 71, (3), 281-305 View citations (1)

2012

7. Bequest Motives and Determinants of Micro Life Insurance in Sri Lanka
   World Development, 2012, 40, (8), 1700-1711 View citations (17)
8. Determinants of Access to Finance: An Investigation into the Mzansi Intervention
   The European Journal of Development Research, 2012, 24, (3), 397-412 View citations (5)

2011

9. Determinants of Remittances: The Case of the South Asian Community in Manchester
   Journal of Development Studies, 2011, 47, (6), 894-912 View citations (16)
10. MICROFINANCIAL SERVICES AND RISK MANAGEMENT: EVIDENCES FROM SRI LANKA
    Journal of Economic Development, 2011, 36, (4), 97-126 View citations (3)
11. The Gender impact in Earnings Inequality: Evidence from Sri Lanka
    International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences Applied Research (IJBESAR), 2011, 4, (2), 71-80 View citations (1)
12. The political economy of corporate governance in developing economies: The case of Bangladesh
    Research in International Business and Finance, 2011, 25, (2), 169-182 View citations (1)

2010

13. Microfinance and Household Poverty Reduction: New Evidence from India
    World Development, 2010, 38, (12), 1760-1774 View citations (87)
    See also Working Paper Microfinance and Household Poverty Reduction: New evidence from India, Discussion Paper Series (2010) View citations (93) (2010)

2005

14. Regulating for development: the case of microfinance
    The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2005, 45, (2-3), 346-357 View citations (24)

2004

15. Corporate Governance of Banks in Developing Economies: concepts and issues
    Corporate Governance: An International Review, 2004, 12, (3), 371-377 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper Corporate Governance of Banks in Developing Economies: Concepts and Issues, Development Economics and Public Policy Working Papers (2003) View citations (4) (2003)
16. THE EFFECT OF CAREER BREAKS ON THE WORKING LIVES OF WOMEN
    Feminist Economics, 2004, 10, (1), 65-84 View citations (14)

2002

17. ICTs, gender and development: women in software production in Kerala
    Journal of International Development, 2002, 14, (1), 39-50 View citations (11)

2000

18. The Disinvestment of Public Sector Enterprises: The Indian Experience
    Oxford Development Studies, 2000, 28, (1), 19-32 View citations (10)

1998

19. The transition of a public sector monopoly: India's experience with telecommunications
    Journal of International Development, 1998, 10, (3), 387-395 View citations (1)