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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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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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