The spread of information and communications technology (ICT) in Central Asia has reached a point where most farmers use smartphones with mobile internet access, providing an opportunity for a cost-effective and timely access to agricultural information and extension services. When extension...

We examine the labour market impacts of the largest livelihoods programs in the world, India's Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM). A key aspect of this program is to mobilize rural women into self-help groups (SHGs). We combine administrative data on SHG...

Inclusive growth gives an economy a holistic development in other words it gives sustainable growth in socio, economic and political parameters of growth. With the growth of digital sector inclusive growth has further been strengthened. Digital empowerment eases the process of achieving the...

Majority of the population of Rajasthan lives in rural areas. Before independence, debt payments were made by moneylenders and Nagar Seth. After the establishment of the Village Bank on October 2, 1975, they were entrusted with the task of disbursing village loans. Rural banks provide individual...

Micro finance is the fastest and cost effective financial service for the poor and needy in the developing world. At present, it is seen as the key instrument to eradicate poverty and empower women. In India, Micro finance scene is dominated by Self Help Group (SHGs)- Bank Linkage Programme as a...

Economic activities carried out by rural women needs to be economically viable and profitable in order to ensure a better livelihood. This paper explores how rural women belonging to Self Help Groups add value to bamboo by converting them into attractive handicrafts, what are the costs involved...

Purpose – This research study aimed to investigate the factors that influence the adoption of digital banking during the COVID-19 pandemic among self-help groups (SHGs).Design/methodology/approach – The study employed a mixed-methods design with utilizing Google Trends Analysis (GTA) to...

This paper aims to answer two important questions: how traditional CDD livelihood projects can adjust or adopt practices to strengthen women's economic empowerment outcomes, and how government and other development actors can employ an ecosystem approach to develop coordinated and sustainable...

Ministry of H&FW, Govt. of India, brought a temporary but effective solution to tackle covid- 9 pandemic in India, before could coverage 2 doses covishelid or covaccine, strictly ordering to follow mandatory COVID-19 protocols and pan India or partial lock down from 2020 February to 2022...

Prior accounting research highlights the neoliberal discourse that dominates development institutions’ thinking and practices, including its market-focused representations of what it means to be an “empowered women”. Building on Tanima et al. (2020, 2023a,b), we report on a critical...

Micro finance is the model of empowerment of the local people. Micro finance means providing very small loan to poor families rural, urban and semi urban areas. It is the major provision of financial services such as like savings, insurance, marketing, credit, thrift, production, investment,...

Not only in India but throughout the entire world, women have historically been the most marginalised and discriminated members of society. Despite all efforts from the government and non-government organisations, they have been very uninformed consumers of financial services. Microfinance has...

A large number of financial policies embed economic exchange in Microfinance and Self Help groups that comprise a small number of members from very similar socio-economic backgrounds. Consumption growth may, however, require more expansive networks that promote “vertical” ties across...

Background: This research explores the repercussions of the COVID-19 emergency on women’s enablement worldwide, scrutinizing data spanning 93 nations between 2019 and 2020.Methods: The investigation employs sectional data examination of various metrics pertinent to women’s empowerment,...

The overall ratio of non-performing assets (NPAs) to total advances (the NPA ratio) extended to self-help groups (SHGs) has historically remained below 8 per cent in India. However, in the central, northern, and north-eastern regions of India, this ratio is relatively high and has remained above...

In developing countries, women’s empowerment is a major concern. Several efforts were made to tackle this issue as the aims of poverty reduction and development cannot be achieved without giving attention to women’s empowerment. Over the past decades, microfinance institutions (MFIs) have...

Despite cross-sectoral stakeholder engagement to develop the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), implementation and monitoring have been limited in the public and private sectors. These limitations are particularly true of SDG5 to "achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls," with...

It is well established that a wide range of legal impediments in countries’ domestic laws have prevented women from achieving full economic empowerment, which in turn has negative macroeconomic implications. In many countries, laws often reflect and perpetuate gender norms that limit women’s...

Cash transfers and digital payments hold promise for women's economic empowerment through their potential to enhance women's privacy, financial autonomy, decision making and labor force participation. Yet, despite this potential, gaps in data and evidence persist. This brief aims to provide...

AbstractEntrepreneurship is vital to the development of competitive and dynamic economies. In the Indian context as well, entrepreneurship is becoming widespread, more so, amongst women, especially when cultural dynamics bestows on women a subordinate role dependent on a man’s permission for...

On the basis of consumption patterns and saving behaviour, the current study attempts to estimate the financial performance of SHGs in terms of credit-assessed households. The survey has been chosen by the state of Uttar Pradesh. Following that, the Rajeev Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana (RGMVP)...

It is well established that a wide range of legal impediments in countries' domestic laws have prevented women from achieving full economic empowerment, which in turn has negative macroeconomic implications. In many countries, laws often reflect and perpetuate gender norms that limit women's...

Policy makers increasingly emphasise the importance of setting up social protection systems to ensure coordination of intersectoral efforts. We contribute to the literature on social protection systems by examining convergence between large-scale self-help group (SHG) and public works...

Social norms can mitigate the effectiveness of formal institutions, in particular the way legal reforms may affect women's autonomy. We examine this question in the context of ethnic variation in traditional post-marital cohabitation, i.e. matrilocality versus patrilocality. We use...

Food security is a growing challenge all over the world. The self-help group approach is one of the most employed global instruments to psychologically, socially, economically, and politically empower marginalized community groups thereby ensuring their household food security. Ethiopia is not...

This study takes a novel attempt to examine the impact of women’s empowerment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which has been prioritized recently by the country’s leadership as a part of the Saudi Vision 2030, on women’s intention towards entrepreneurship. A pre-examined survey was...

Given its intrinsic link to natural resources, climate is an essential determinant of agricultural productivity. An existing measure called the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) contributes to advance in the measurement of women’s agency and productive opportunities in this...

India is facing a number of challenges in consolidating, saturating and sustaining SHG movement, especially in SBLP. Towards this, the impediments need to be identified and appropriate strategies have to be developed to overcome the identified impediments. The Government promotional efforts need...

Women's economic empowerment a strategy aimed at enabling women in decision-making, increment in income and asset ownership. The main aim of the study is to examine the impact of microfinance on women's economic empowerment. Data were derived from a questionnaire of a sample of 346 women clients...

For empowering women economically and socially, developing economies started and implemented lots of programs. Despite all of their efforts, challenges have still prevailed. As a tool for women’s empowerment, microfinance has become the core focus of a lot of researches. Ethiopia is not an...