The role of microfinance in women's empowerment : a comparative study of rural & urban groups in India /

Delving into the effects of microfinance in both rural and urban communities, this book will be of interest to researchers of women studies, microfinance, and development economics.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ajwani-Ramchandani, Raji (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing, [2017]
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Women in development > India.
Microfinance > India.
Femmes dans le développement > Inde.
Finance.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Microfinance
Women in development
India
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • The Role of Microfinance in Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Empowerment
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Boxes
  • List of Maps
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • Microfinance and Female Empowerment
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • 1. Introduction
  • Disparities in Employment Opportunities and Compensation between Men and Women
  • Challenges associated with a Globally Integrated Economy: Its Adverse Impact on Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Economic Empowerment
  • Limited Access of Women to Land, Housing and Other Productive ResourcesCollective Bargaining Power
  • Access to Basic Infrastructure: Water, Transport, Electricity, etc.
  • 2. Rationale for the Study
  • 3. Research Questions/Objectives/Hypotheses
  • Objectives of the Study
  • Research Hypotheses
  • 4. Scope and Limitation of the Study
  • 5. Structure of the Book
  • Chapter 2 Literature Review
  • 1. Review of Literature
  • 2. Empowerment: Definitions and Perspectives
  • 3. Microfinance: As an Enabler of Development Initiatives
  • 4. Impact of Microfinance on Women and Empowerment5. Challenges and Critiques of Microfinance
  • Chapter 3 Conceptualising Empowerment: A Theoretical Model
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Life Stages: Needs and Sources of Funds
  • 3. Paradigms of Empowerment
  • 4. Agency, Resources and Achievements â#x80;#x93; Connection with Empowerment
  • 5. Positive and Negative Freedom: Gender and Distribution of Resources
  • 6. Research Gap
  • Chapter 4 Nationalisation to Demonetisation: An Overview of the Indian Banking Sector
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Access to Finance: Concepts of Financial Inclusion and ExclusionCauses of Financial Exclusion
  • Factors Affecting Access to Financial Services
  • Consequences of Financial Exclusion
  • Individual Level
  • Community /Societal Level
  • Impact on Banks
  • 3. The Indian Banking Scenario
  • Stage 1: From Independence up to the Nationalisation of Banks
  • Stage 2: Post-Nationalisation (A Thrust towards Social Banking) (1969â#x80;#x93;1990)
  • Stage 3: Post-Reforms Period (Opening Up of the Indian Banking Sector) (Early 1990s to end 1990s)
  • Stage 4: Fixing the Gaps after Banking Reforms (Mid-2000 to 2014)4. Post-2014 (Modi Era and Demonetisation)
  • Chapter 5 Microfinance in India â#x80;#x93; The Self-Help Group Federation and Joint Liability Models
  • 1. Microfinance â#x80;#x93; The Paradigm
  • Status of Microfinance in India
  • 2. SHG-Bank Linkage Programmes
  • About SHGs: Composition and Structure
  • Different Types of SHG Models
  • 3. MFI-Bank Linkage Programmes
  • 4. Joint Liability Groups
  • Criteria for Membership into JLGs
  • Region-wise Trends of JLGs in India
  • Chapter 6 Data and Methods

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