Microfinance programmes like the Self Help Bank Linkage Program in India have been increasingly promoted for their positive economic impact and the belief that they empower women. However, only a few studies rigorously examine the link between microfinance and women's empowerment. This article...

We evaluate the impact of economic and non-economic factors on women’s empowerment of Self-Help Group (SHG) members. We estimate a structural equation model (SEM) and correct for ordinality in the data to account for the impact of the latent factors on women’s empowerment. Our SEM results...

1. The self help group bank linkage programme -- 2. Impact assessment methodologies and study design -- 3. Reducing poverty and vulnerability -- 4. Asset creation -- 5. Empowering women -- 6. Building human capital through training -- 7. Achieving impact and meeting challenges.

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how to measure the effect of unobservable factors on residential choice behaviour in an attempt to advance the understanding of how to perform advanced market analysis. This research is important to residential developers, as the diversity of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the relationship underlying the often used adage “what gets measured gets managed”. Design/methodology/approach – The paper starts by reviewing the critique of the adage and then testing it by surveying 109 managers from...