THE BUHARI ADMINISTRATION AND THE MORTGAGE SECTOR: AN IMPACT ANALYSIS by Ojo Idowu Akinwumi, Sunday Aideloje

“…This includes raising money for the National Housing Fund (NHF) Scheme, disbursing mortgage loans, and providing financing for housing construction. …”
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Time and replacement among the Q’eqchi’ Maya by Paul Kockelman

“…Among speakers of Q’eqchi’ Maya, replacement (–eeqaj) refers to activities as disparate as house-building, civil-religious elections, vengeance, loans, illness cures, adultery, and namesakes. Such practices involve the substitution of one entity for another entity, insofar as these entities have shared properties, and insofar as they hold a role in an obligatory position. …”
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The Social Cost-Benefit Analysis as Estimation Methodology: Case Study for Infrastructure Projects by Samanta Petohleb Černeha, Maja Klun, Srečko Devjak

“…Local public investments are financed by budget funds (state, county, local), debt funds (loans or credits, municipal obligations) and non-debt funds (users’ charges and methods and techniques of public-private partnership). …”
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An Economic Policy Exit Strategy from the Corona Lockdown by Michael Hüther, Hubertus Bardt

“…After securing survival during this crisis via various liquidity lines and bridging loans, the economy’s restart requires the relaunch of public infrastructure, especially of schools and kindergartens. …”
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Enterprise Financing Mode and Technological Innovation Behavior Selection: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Data of the World Bank’s Survey of Chinese Private Enterprises by Entao Zhu, Qiming Zhang, Lan Sun

“…The results show that (1) internal financing can promote the technological innovation behavior of enterprises better than external financing can do and (2) among the various forms of external financing, bank loans have the most significant impact on the technological innovation behavior of private enterprises, followed by commercial credit.…”
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ECONOMIC-MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF INVESTMENT ACTIVITY IN HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION SPHERE by E. Acri, I. Egorova

“…In the proposed economic-mathematical model, depending on the version of the task, factors such as loans for investment activities, additional costs for temporary resettlement of tenants of a reconstructed house, the probability of price risk associated with the sale of a renovated area in the housing market, etc., are taken into account. …”
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Credit risk prediction with corruption perception index: machine learning approaches by Cuong Nguyen Thanh, Tam Phan Huy, Tuyet Pham Hong, An Bui Nguyen Quoc

“…This study examines the impact of corruption on credit risk in Southeast Asian commercial banks by using machine learning models to predict non-performing loans (NPLs) based on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI). …”
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Russian consumer lending market in modern conditions by I. A. Rizvanova

“…It reviews the crisis periods of the Russian financial market from 2014 to 2023 and the anti-crisis measures of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the domestic consumer credit market in the current realities, and loans restructuring to individuals under sanctions pressure. …”
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SUPPLIER-INDUCED DEMAND AND HEALTHCARE IN LOKOJA by Rabi’u Isah Moh’d, Mathew Ekundayo Rotimi

“…Therefore, this research recommends, among others, that the government should make high education more accessible to the citizens by way of subsidizing tuition fees charged by universities, and providing soft education loans to eligible citizens. It recommends further that governments at all levels should provide health insurance for all. …”
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Risks in Work-Integrated Learning: A Data-Driven Analysis by Xiao Xu

“…By analysing variables related to work placements, student loans, financial assistance, and the alignment of WIL experiences with students’ post-graduation employment, this research provides critical insights into the effectiveness of WIL programs from a large-scale, survey-based, big data perspective. …”
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Serotonergic Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease and Its Relevance to Disability by Marios Politis, Clare Loane

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Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Environmental Management and Poverty Reduction in Western Uganda by Eton, Marus, Ayiga, Natal, Moses, Agaba, Fabian, Mwosi, Benard, Patrick Ogwel

“…The study revealed that very little financial resources are directly channeled to SMEs amidst ever increasing interest rates on loans. Government policies on SMEs are deficient in terms of technical, technological, financial, and managerial and infrastructures needed for effective contribution to economic growth and poverty reduction. …”
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Capital structure of Portuguese hotel firms: a structural equation modelling approach by Fernanda Matias, Leonor Salsa, Carlos Miguel Afonso

“…The results suggest small firms find it difficult to contract loans, which can somewhat limit their growth and performance.…”
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Financial uncertainty of a startup by G. R. Yusupova, E. I. Nesmeyanova

“…For various purposes, businesses need different types of  investments: loans, credits, sale of   shares or   stocks. The search for an   investor for a   startup and their attraction is   associated with specific requirements for an  entrepreneur, which are practically not written about in  the media and advertised. …”
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INSECURITY IN NIGERIA, CAUSES, CONSEQUENCE AND SOLUTIONS by ADEBAYO SULAIMAN ADEODU, EBELOKU IYANDA ADEMOLA, BLESSING CLARA BABAFEMI

“…The study recommended that government should empower the youth with vocational training, free education, non interest loans should be given to artisans and allow the youth in politics. …”
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Implementation of a new pricing mechanism in the heat supply market by A. G. Zakrevskaya, N. G. Lyubimova

“…However, for those regions where the existing tariffs for heat energy (capacity) are higher than the established limit levels using the “alternative boiler house” method, the authors propose the use of other approaches and methods of tariff regulation, in particular, examples, advantages and disadvantages of using energy service contracts, tariff regulation based on method of return on invested capital, new legislation in terms of obtaining long-term loans for the modernization of infrastructure from the National Welfare Fund and the Housing and Utilities Reform Assistance Fund.…”
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Profit and Risk under Subprime Mortgage Securitization by M. A. Petersen, J. Mukuddem-Petersen, B. De Waal, M. C. Senosi, S. Thomas

“…We investigate the securitization of subprime residential mortgage loans into structured products such as subprime residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBSs) and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs). …”
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Influence of informal financial literacy training on financial knowledge and behavior of rural farmers: Evidence from Uganda by Proscovia, Ntakyo Renzaho, Johnny, Mugisha, Robert, Bangizi, Diana, Namwanje, Robert, Kalyebara

“…The study used a sample of farmers who are members of village savings and loans associations. Findings indicate higher scores (70.6% for training beneficiaries and 68.5% for the control group) in financial goals and the lowest scores (48.0% for training beneficiaries and 43.0% for control group) in planning and managing finances. …”
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The Role of Pension Funds in Financing US Federal Debt by P. A. Aksenov, S. V. Emelianov

“…The article examines main trends in financing the federal debt, pointing out its structure, with focus on the role of pension funds as a source of financing; because the surplus of Social Security funds is loaned to the rest of the government; interlinks concerning this process and possible problems; the peculiarities of the federal government pension system’s investment in the government bonds. …”
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Green finance as a tool to stimulate investments in environmentally sustainable projects by U. S. Karimov

“…This article discusses one of  the most effective methods of  financing investments in  fixed assets through loans or   bonds. The mechanism of   green financing is a   tool that can attract part of   the necessary investments to   achieve ambitious goals of   the designated strategy. …”
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