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Abu Amuna, Youssef M., Crowdfunding Financing Model Effect on Entrepreneurship Aspirations (January 30, 2019). International Journal of Academic Accounting, Finance & Management Research (IJAAFMR), 2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3327688
Adeusi, S., Azeez, B. A., & Olanrewaju, H. 2012. The effect of financial liberalization on the performance of informal capital market. Research Journal of Finance and Accounting, 3(6): 1-16. https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/RJFA/article/view/2402
Adil Zarfi. (2019). The integration of Awqaf, Zakat, and Crowdfunding in Islamic Microfinance Framework” Focus on Moroccan Case, Researches and Applications in Islamic Finance, 3(1).
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Adnan, A. H. M., Jaafar, R. E., Nasir, Z. A., & Mohtar, N. M. (2016). 'Just sisters doing business between us': gender, social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial resilience in rural Malaysia. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 27(2-3), 273-288. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288992638_'Just_sisters_doing_business_between_us'_gender_social_entrepreneurship_and_entrepreneurial_resilience_in_rural_Malaysia
Agarwala, V., Maity, S., Sahu, T. N., (2022). Female Entrepreneurship, Employability and Empowerment: Impact of the Mudra Loan Scheme, Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1084946722500054
Aidara, S., Mamun, A. A., Nasir, N. A. M., Mohiuddin, M, (2022) “Sustainability Performance of Informal Micro-enterprises: The Case of Senegal, Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1084946722500017
Aktaruzzaman, K., & Farooq, O. 2020. Cultural fractionalization and informal finance: evidence from Indian firms. Eurasian Economic Review, 10(4): 661-679. https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/eurase/v10y2020i4d10.1007_s40822-020-00149-y.html
Aleem, I. 1990. Imperfect information, screening, and the costs of informal lending: A study of a rural credit market in Pakistan. The World Bank Economic Review, 4(3): 329-349. https://academic.oup.com/wber/article-abstract/4/3/329/1673310?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Allem, I. 1990. Imperfect Information, screening and the costs of informal lending: A study of rural credits markets in Pakistan. World Bank Economic Review, 4: 329-349. https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/702961468762947858/imperfect-information-screening-and-the-costs-of-information-lending-a-study-of-a-rural-credit-market-in-pakistan
Alvi, E., & Dendir, S. 2009. Private transfers, informal loans and risk sharing among poor urban households in Ethiopia. Journal of Development Studies, 45(8): 1325-1343. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220380902862929
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Anglin, H.A., Short,C.J., Ketchen, J.D. Jr., Allison, H.T., McKenny, F.A. (2019). Third-Party Signals in Crowdfunded Microfinance: The Role of Microfinance Institutions, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258719839709
Antonijević, M. S., & Ljumović, I. (2022). Is there a gender gap in financial inclusion across countries? Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education, (1-2), 79-96. https://www.library.ien.bg.ac.rs/index.php/jwee/article/view/1404
Archer, Geoffrey R. & Jones-Christensen, Lisa. (2011). Entrepreneurial Value Creation Through Green Microfinance. Asian Business & Management Journal. 10 (331-356). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/abm.2011.9?shared-article-renderer
Aryeetey, E. 2005. Informal finance for private sector development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Microfinance/ESR Review, 7(1): 13-38. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/esr/vol7/iss1/3/
Attuel-Mendès, L. (2014). Crowdfunding Platforms for Microfinance: A New Way to Eradicate Poverty through the Creation of a Global Hub? Cost Management, 28, 38-47. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341131491_CROWDFUNDING_PLATFORMS_FOR_MICROFINANCE_A_NEW_WAY_TO_ERADICATE_POVERTY_THROUGH_THE_CREATION_OF_A_GLOBAL_HUB
Attuel-Mendes, L. (2016) Crowdfunding and Crowdmicrofinance, an Evolution of Models for Entrepreneurship of the Poor. Open Access Library Journal, 3, 1-7. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1103251.
Ayyagari, M., Beck, T., & Hoseini, M. (2020). Finance, law and poverty: Evidence from India. Journal of Corporate Finance, 60, 101515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2019.101515
Babajide, A. A., Obembe, D., Solomon, H., & Woldesenbet, K. (2022). Microfinance and entrepreneurship: the enabling role of social capital amongst female entrepreneurs. International Journal of Social Economics, 49(8), 1152-1171. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJSE-11-2020-0745/full/html
Balcha, A. A. (2022). The Impacts of entrepreneurship training and start-up capitals on promoting youth employment in Ethiopia (The Case of Bale Gasger Woreda). Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal, 28(Special Issue 7), 1-15. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abebe-Ayalew/publication/361788582_Special_Issue_7_2022_1_Citation_Information_Balcha_AA_2022_The_impacts_of_entrepreneurship_training_and_start-up_capitals_on_promoting_youth_employment_in_Ethiopia_The_case_of_Bale_Gas
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Baradaran, M., & Ayyar, P. (2016). How the Other Half Banks. Blackstone Audio, Incorporated. https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/how-the-other-half-banks-2
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Bateman, M. 2012. The role of microfinance in contemporary rural development finance policy and practice: Imposing neoliberalism as ‘best practice’. Journal of Agrarian Change 12(4): 587–600. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1471-0366.2012.00376.x
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