of Andhra Pradesh, 1999. Hyderabad: AP Directorate of Economics

Children of today are the youth of tomorrow. HIV status discloser to HIV/AIDS infected children who are on ART is very essential to maintain the adherence of the treatment for developing the resistance power/protect from opportunistic infections. Parents, care givers and health care professionals are unwilling to inform/disclose children about their HIV status. The main objective of this study ...

The research aims to study outreach of microfinance in Lucknow district Indian state Uttar Pradesh. With the objective studying explore how effectively is reaching target population. According interpretation, benefits a lot poor households, but not considerably rural women who are living below poverty line. It also has short affiliation with microfinance, few loan cycles, and no connection pove...

Microfinance has been a topic of much interest recently, in particular the question of whether microfinance institutions can help poor clients while remaining financially sustainable. Recent research has fed hope that they can, suggesting that microfinance institutions are financially resilient to downturns in the domestic marketplace. Not only does this suggest that microfinance institutions m...

Microfinance services available to the poorest people, especially investment loans for micro-business development, are recognized as an important part of poverty reduction strategies. As the industry matures, MFIs face a competitive environment, forcing them to balance the goals of outreach and sustainability. However, in spite of its successes, microfinance has not been able to reach to the po...

This study attempts to examine the operational efficiency of thirty-two microfinance institutions in India. Operational efficiency in microfinance institutions refers to how well microfinance institutions allocate the input resources. Since the study is an exploratory nature, therefore, the data are collected from mix market on annual basis. It covers the seven-year period ranging from 2005-06 ...

Malaria and Enteric fever (Typhoid) are common causes of fevers in many parts of Andhra Pradesh. North Coastal Andhra Pradesh districts reported maximum deaths due to Malaria in the past decade, and the figure is unlikely to change in future. Recently, the incidence of Dengue fevers is on the rise in these regions. Co infection with Malaria and Dengue is reported in literature from many parts o...

In this research we investigated the extent to which Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) use ICT to deliver business services and train staff. We performed literature review on ICT for business service delivery and staff skills development in MFIs. We next investigated the actual ICT usage by MFIs in Uganda with focus on ICT literacy, business applications, and planning. We used questionnaires to ...