... ) estimation, are used to ensure the robustness of the results. The size of local enterprise activity is proxied by the total number of employees in formal enterprises at the commune level. Findings Results indicate that local enterprises contribute significantly to poverty reduction and are associated...

.... The collected data from the field were analyzed using thematic analysis. Findings The results revealed that entrepreneurship plays a catalytic role in poverty reduction in agricultural communities through food security, skill transfer, employment creation, income generation and a decrease in food costs...

...Ikechukwu Kelikume Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between mobile phones, the internet, financial inclusion, the informal economy and poverty reduction. Design/methodology/approach The study examines the relationship between mobile phones, the internet, financial inclusion...

...Nuttamon Teerakul; Renato A. Villano; Fiona Q. Wood; Stuart W. Mounter Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe a framework developed for assessing Community‐based Enterprises' (CBEs') impacts on poverty reduction at the household level in northern Thailand, in the context of the UN...