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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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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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Moving from Traditional to Transformational Approaches to Women's Economic Empowerment - A Review of the KDRDIP Program

World Bank - 2023

practices to strengthen women's economic empowerment outcomes, and how government and other development actors can employ an …

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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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Trade, standards, and the political economy of genetically modified food

Anderson, Kym - 2004

European Union have adopted such different policies toward genetically modified (GM) food. Their results show that when firms …

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Missing Food : The Case of Postharvest Grain Losses in Sub-Saharan Africa

World Bank - 2012

Low-income, food-deficit countries have become especially concerned about the global and national food situation over … the past three years. While the proximate cause of this heightened concern was the surge in food prices that began in 2006 … seem to prevail, continuing price volatility, and the risk of intermittent food shortages occurring repeatedly far into the …

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Regional Trade in Food Staples : Prospects for Stimulating Agricultural Growth and Moderation Food Security Crises in Eastern and Southern Africa

World Bank - 2012

This report focuses on growing trade in food staples in the Southern and Eastern African region of Africa as one of the … largest growth opportunities available to African farmers. This paper examines the impact of regional trade in food staples …, both for maintaining farmer incentives in surplus food production zones and for moderating price spikes in deficit areas …

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Achieving Ukraine's Agricultural Potential : Stimulating Agricultural Growth and Improving Rural Life

World Bank - 2013

This study provides a review of the food and agricultural sector in Ukraine. It assesses the current status of the food … support to the sector. The paper reviews the sector's readiness to compete on open global markets for food and agricultural … products. Given the importance and sensitivity of the food and agriculture sector in the country, the report highlights a …

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