This paper attempts to assess whether participation in a microfinance program helps households generate personal … savings, as distinct from savings through compulsory contributions to the program. We consider a microfinance program … initiated by the Government of India (the SGSY scheme),which is operated under a joint liability credit system that requires …

The basic objective of the paper is to identify the effectiveness of group lending based microfinance programme … respective groups for agricultural purposes. Results reveal that there has been no significant impact of microfinance programme …

In this paper we argue that the promotion of women in microfinance initiatives and the bias against men is taking place … the goal to encourage microfinance to promote women empowerment and economic development. …

This article presents a practical methodology to monitor poverty changes among microfinance clients using available … microfinance practitioners to verify whether their clients are moving out of poverty and validate management strategies aiming to …

to underline the positive corollary existing between the targeting of women by microfinance programs, on the one hand …The present paper aims to adduce succinctly the reasons and arguments sustaining female-targeting microfinance programs … microfinance, through stressing its economical and social dimensions and consequences - while contributing to enhance the holistic …

India in this regard and recommends certain necessary steps in order to consolidate the process of linking MFIs with other … applicable to India as well as other developing countries facing similar situation. …

Micro-Finance is emerging as a powerful instrument for poverty alleviation in the new economy. In India, micro-Finance …-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFCs). This changing face of microfinance in India appears to be positive in terms of the ability of … artisans" and "economically weaker sections" have been used to broadly define micro-finance customers. Research across the …

current crisis has shaken microfinance in India and beyond and fuelled a heated debate on the (de)merits of commercialization …A crisis of microfinance in Andhra Pradesh (AP) is of highest interest to microfinance practitioners and scholars and … politicians around the world, because some of the world’s largest microfinance institutions (MFIs) are based out of AP. The …

microfinance impact evaluation of SEWA Bank conducted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in India in …Microfinance has been on the development agenda for more than 30 years, heralded as the wondrous tool that reduces … poverty and empowers women (Hulme and Mosley, 1996; Rutherford, 2001; Morduch and Haley, 2002; Khandker, 1998). Doubts …