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3 articles found for author search: +Christopher +Gan

  • Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions in Thailand

    Wittawat Hemtanon and Christopher Gan
    Microfinance programs play a vital role in poverty alleviation in developing countries; however, most microfinance institutions (MFIs) face the challenge of maintaining financial sustainability. While several studies have investigated factors affecting MFI financial sustainability, only a few focus...
    Volume 19 Issue No. 1 (June 2022)

  • Rural Adaptation to Climate Change: New Findings and Existing Knowledge

    Jikun Huang, Jinxia Wang, Dang Kim Khoi, Herb Plunkett, Ying Xu, and Christopher Findlay
    This paper discusses the results of new research at the farm level regarding farmers’ responses to climate change. These results are placed in the context of existing literature. The topics include the benefits of adaptation, the forms of adaptation, and the drivers of adaptation such as land...
    Volume 18 Issue No. 2 (December 2021)

  • Book Review | China's Peasant Agriculture and Rural Society: Changing Paradigms of Farming by Jan Douwe van der Ploeg and Jingzhong Ye

    Christopher Gan
    This book integrates current research in peasant agriculture with appropriate and relevant cases, and practical relevant examples. The beauty of the book lies in the individual chapters that delve into the density issues of Chinese peasant agriculture in readable and entertaining style. I see this...
    Volume 13 Issue No. 2 (December 2016)

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