Microfinance scheme has evolved as an effective instrument for poverty alleviation in developing countries. The micro-financing scheme is dominated by self-help groups in India, which are aimed at providing a cost-effective mechanism for providing financial accommodations to the un-reached poor....

This paper offers an evaluation of a supported women's self help program with over 1.5 million participants in one of the poorest rural regions of the world (Uttar Pradesh, India). Methodologically, it shows how indicators from the direct capability measurement literature can be adapted for...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of Islamic microfinance services (IMFS) on women's empowerment in rural Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on a multi-stage sampling technique. The primary data are collected through a face-to-face survey of...

The involvement of women in the self-help group activities has a greater impact on the economic development of the country. This is proven in several countries and especially in India among the rural women. The study is taken up with a motive to understand the positive qualities of women and...

As per the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) (2019) 367 million people still leaves below the poverty line. The major cause is due to unemployment and unequal participation of females in the country. Women's empowerment is autonomy to women all about equipping and allowing women to...

The involvement of women in policy development and community services was a manifestation of the implementation of an essential democracy, because women are as assets and the potential of the nation can contribute greatly to national and state life in accordance with their abilities and...

This paper offers an evaluation of a supported women's self help program with over 1.5 million participants in one of the poorest rural regions of the world (Uttar Pradesh, India). Methodologically, it shows how indicators from the direct capability measurement literature can be adapted for...

Governments and development organizations worldwide are considering group-based platforms as alternatives to government- or market-based approaches for service delivery. This paper analyses the correlates of women's membership in self-help groups (SHGs) using two datasets from India. Older women...

Can technology and operations enable the world to achieve various United Nation Sustainable Development Goals? I provide my own perspective on this question by focusing on the issue of gender equality through the lens of “women's economic empowerment”, and share some ideas for Operations...

Self Help Groups (SHGs) play a crucial role in creating entrepreneurship among rural and urban poor. This creates employment opportunities among poor people which ultimately results into the enhanced financial security and social status for its members, especially women. SHGs are key to women...

In India financial inclusion has been given top priority in recent years in the philosophies and plans of both financial development and economic growth. Financial Inclusion is the delivery of banking services at an affordable cost to the vast section of the disadvantaged and low-income group....

The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between Self-Help Group (SHG) women microentrepreneurs' attributes and gender issues in achieving women entrepreneurship development. The target sample for the study was 600 SHG women entrepreneurs operating in Chittoor district of Andhra...

This paper provides a framework for analyzing constraints that apply specifically to women, which theory suggests may have negative impacts on child outcomes (as well as on women). We classify women's constraints into four dimensions: (i) domestic physcial and psychological abuse, (ii) low...

Many tropical countries are experiencing massive land-use change with profound environmental and socioeconomic implications. In Indonesia, oil palm cultivation is rapidly expanding at the expense of more traditional agricultural crops and forest land. While environmental effects of the oil palm...

This paper investigates a women’s self-help group program with more than 1.5 million participants in one of the poorest rural areas of Northern India. The program has four streams of activity in micro-savings, agricultural enterprise training, health and nutrition education, and political...

This paper investigates a women's self-help group program with more than 1.5 million participants in one of the poorest rural areas of Northern India. The program has four streams of activity in micro-savings, agricultural enterprise training, health and nutrition education, and political...

In India, one of the plights of poor people is the inaccessibility to the organized credit. There is no way to come out of the vicious circle of poverty without additional funding from any source. The unorganized sector, they resort to make them poorer due to the unscrupulous practices of pawn...

Women empowerment is a pivotal issue of developing counties, particularly in Asia and Africa. Zero poverty and gender equality are the distinctive goals among SDGs of UN. Considering the empirically tested impact of microfinance on women empowerment in different regions of the world, this paper...

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"In Migrant Organising: Community Unionism, Solidarity and Bricolage, Emma Martín-Díaz and Beltrán Roca explore recent developments in community unionism and solidarity networks among migrant workers in a post-Fordist context characterised by transnationalism and global chains. The...