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Economic and social impacts of self-help groups in india
Deininger, Klaus W. - 2009
forming self-help groups to mobilize savings and foster social empowerment at the local level is virtually non … social impacts of the formation of self-help groups in India. They find positive impacts on empowerment and nutritional … as non-participants. Female social and economic empowerment in program areas increased irrespective of participation …
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Longer-term economic impacts of self-help groups in India
Deininger, Klaus W. - 2009
"Despite the popularity and unique nature of women's self-help groups in India, evidence of their economic impacts is scant. Based on two rounds of a 2,400 household panel, the authors use double differences, propensity score matching, and pipeline comparison to assess economic impacts of longer...
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Sustainability of microfinance self help groups in India : would federating help?
Nair, Ajai - 2005
"The major form of microfinance in India is that based on women's Self Help Groups (SHGs), which are small groups of 10--20 members. These groups collect savings from their members and provide loans to them. However, unlike most accumulating savings and credit associations (ASCAs) found in...
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Poverty reduction and pro-poor growth : the role of empowerment
2012
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Poverty Reduction and Pro-Poor Growth : The Role of Empowerment
2012
Empowerment of those living in poverty is both a critical driver and an important measure of poverty reduction. It is … economic empowerment combined with political and social empowerment will make growth much more effective in reducing poverty …. This report aims to build donor understanding of empowerment and how best to support it. …
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Measuring Women's Economic Empowerment in Payment Projects : A Short Module to Complement Context-Specific Measures
World Bank - 2022
Cash transfers and digital payments hold promise for women's economic empowerment through their potential to enhance … inclusion more broadly. It is not meant to serve as a comprehensive guide to women's economic empowerment. Instead, the brief … provides short measures focused on key outcomes related to women's economic empowerment as a complement to more in …
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Building on Tradition as the Way to Women???s Empowerment in Cambodia
World Bank - 2012
Approximately eighty percent of Cambodians live in rural areas with limited access to clean and affordable water and energy. Thirty-four percent of the rural population lives below the national poverty line on less than 2,367 riels ($0.60) per day. Even though Cambodia is a low income country,...
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Climate change : evaluating the socio-economic impacts
1991
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Labour markets and the crisis
Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et …; … - 2010
The deep recession has led to a marked deterioration in labour market conditions in the OECD area. This paper, which draws heavily on other ongoing analytical work at the OECD, takes stock of recent labour market developments, highlights some of the key uncertainties in the early stages of the...
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