The world financial crisis initiated in 2008 may have affected the international financing mix of firms in Brazil and their determinants, given its aftereffects. Financial crisis are recurrent events with varying degrees of severity. Many public Brazilian firms use international financing in their capital structure mix and it is relevant to understand their behavior during international crises....

How to finance and provide health care for the more than 1.3 billion rural poor and informal sector workers in low- and middle-income countries is one of the greatest challenges facing the international development community. This article presents the main findings from an extensive survey of the literature of community financing arrangements, and selected experiences from the Asia and Africa r...

OBJECTIVE The regulations for financing assistive technology devices (ATDs) are complex and fragmented and, thus, might influence adequate provision of these devices to people who need multiple ATDs. This study aims to explore and analyze patients' problems with the provision and financing of ATDs for the following two rare diseases: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Duchenne muscular dys...

BACKGROUND Inadequate access to mental health (MH) services in Lebanon, where prevalence is noteworthy, is a concern. Although a multitude of factors affects access to services, lack of financial coverage of MH services is one that merits further investigation. AIM OF THE STUDY This study aims at providing a systematic description of MH financing systems with a special focus on Lebanon, prese...

paying attention to finance and financial marketing tools could significantly contribute to resolution of financial problems of the firms and avoid their bankruptcy. following the review of previous works in the field of marketing and its application in financing, as well as conducting semi-structured interviews, firstly marketing elements for financing were identified and then marketing strate...

this paper aims to comprehend the intrinsic limitations of the market players in the financial system and how these create a situation of `missing middle` for small and medium industries (sme) financing in bangladesh. a clear dualism prevails in the manufacturing industry of this country. while the smes maintains the biggest share in establishments and employment creation, large enterprises (le...

This paper investigates the problem of financing infrastructure over time when the number of users also changes. The problem is confronted in many fast growing communities desiring to coordinate the timing of infrastructure and development, yet still achieve economies of scale where they exist. The temporal free rider problem is defined; whereby the group that finances the construction at a giv...

The development of a health-care system depends on a country’s economic, political, social and cultural background. Because of China’s transformation over the last 20 years from a socialist economy to a market economy, China’s healthcare services have been converted from social and public goods to market goods without government planning or intervention. Liu’s article (1) in this issue clearly ...