Micro-credit, poverty and empowerment : linking the triad /

Two persistent problems that affect a significant portion of Indian women are poverty and violation of their human rights. In recent years, micro-credit has come to be viewed as a vital tool to ameliorate both conditions. However, there are few studies in the Indian context which test the validity o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Burra, Neera, 1951-, Deshmukh-Ranadive, Joy, Murthy, Ranjani K., 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2005.
Temas:
Women in development > India.
Women > India > Social conditions.
Women > India > Economic conditions.
Microfinance > India.
Non-governmental organizations > India.
Femmes dans le développement > Inde.
Femmes > Inde > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Inde > Conditions économiques.
Microfinance > Inde.
Organisations non gouvernementales > Inde.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
Microfinance.
Non-governmental organizations.
Women > Economic conditions.
Women in development.
Women > Social conditions.
Empowerment
Mikrofinanzierung
Kredietverlening.
Vrouwen.
Armoede.
Empowerment.
Frau
India.
Entwicklungsländer
Aufsatzsammlung.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : linking the triad / Joy Deshmukh-Ranadive and Ranjani K. Murthy
  • Towards women's empowerment and poverty reduction : lessons from the Andhra Pradesh South Asia Poverty Alleviation Programme / Ranjani K. Murthy, K. Raju and Amitha Kamath with research team
  • Micro-credit and women's empowerment : a case study of SHARE Micro-finance Limited / Anuradha Rajivan
  • Social mobilization and micro-credit for women's empowerment : a study of the DHAN Foundation / Veena Padia
  • Awareness, access, agency : experiences of Swayam Shikshan Prayog in micro-finance and women's empowerment / Soma Kishore Parthasarathy
  • Micro-credit and women's empowerment : the Lokadrusti case / Shashi Rajagopalan
  • Social mobilization and micro-finance for womens' empowerment : lessons from ASA Trust / Kalpana Sankar
  • Conclusion : analysing the link / Ranjani K. Murthy and Joy Deshmukh-Ranadive.

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