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Contributors

At D+C/E+Z, we are proud of our international network of authors. It is particularly important to us to be a platform for voices from the global south. Some authors contribute on a regular basis, others don't. Here you can find information about the people behind the contributions.

Oliver Schmidt

oliver@iqpconsult.de

http://linkedin.com/pub/Oliver-Schmidt/b/73/374

last shared views in D+C/E+Z in summer of 2022 as a senior project manager at the Bonn-based consultancy AFC (Agriculture and Finance Consultants).

All articles of Oliver Schmidt

Gender equality
Oliver Schmidt

Women are particularly disadvantaged in the informal sector

Gender equality matters in both the formal and the informal economy, for example when it comes to finance

Economy
Oliver Schmidt

Bringing businesses out of the informal sector

Governments and donor agencies worldwide do a great deal to strengthen the formal economy – but not all their efforts are crowned with success

Financing
Oliver Schmidt

Is microcredit a debt trap?

Intricate factors determine if microcredits are a success or failure

Finance
Geoffrey Muzigiti
Oliver Schmidt

Moving forward

Financial inclusion is poor in sub-Saharan Africa, but improving thanks to formal sector banks and microfinance providers.

Microfinance
Oliver Schmidt

Tragedy in Andhra Pradesh

The reasons for the microfinance tragedy in Andhra Pradesh

Higher education
Oliver Schmidt
N. V. Ramana

Mind the management gap

Higher education is becoming aware of microfinance's management needs

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

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Pakistan’s rural infrastructure is inadequate
The Global NARS Consortium’s revolutionary approach to food security
Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem
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Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition
A story is always part of the currents of its time

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

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Brazil’s colonial legacies and current challenges
Indigenous banks collapsing in Zambia: A closer look at Investrust
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Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

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Brazil’s colonial legacies and current challenges
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