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  • Attribution of Elderly Responsibility in Relation to Income in Qatar 
    Nasser, Ramzi; Al-Ammari, Badria; Doumit, Jacqueline (Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2015-10-21)
    This study investigated the attribution of kinship responsibility by drawing on attribution theory of locus and controllability. The analysis draws on the actor versus observer model using income as an intervening variable. A cluster sampling technique resulted in a sample of 935 respondents. Analysis of covariance using gender as a covariate resulted in non-significant main effects. An interaction effect was statistically significant in the high income group who supported the attribution of responsibility of the government and the low and middle income ...
  • The effects of microfinance on poverty reduction 
    Matar, Lara Assad (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2013)
    After many years of civil war, which completely paralyzed the Lebanese economy and demolished the local businesses, it was not before the early 90's that Lebanon started the process of reconstructing the local economy. It has succeeded into fostering one of the most advanced commercial banking sectors in the region. For the poor in need of funds, banks were not the best answer to where they could resolve, thus the microfinance movement emerged to become the great innovation in financial intermediation that reduces the costs and risks of lending to poor house-holds. We will tackle the MFI program ...