How do the lenders and borrowers of microfinance negotiate the often-divergent ethics of financial sustainability and locally constituted obligations of social relationships? The dissertation is …
Credit and creditworthiness are increasingly consequential in the global North and South alike. For over 139 million people, many of whom are excluded from mainstream …
Three essays comprise this dissertation, which uses experimental methods to study economic questions. The first chapter contributes to the understanding of people’s willingness to lend …
Developmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) constitute a growing part of the associational landscape in the Global South, sparking debates about their contributions to development and democracy. …
Ever since the United Nation established the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, global momentum for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has picked up considerably. The UHC …
