key microfinance approaches in India, taking a close look at the most dominant among these, the Self Help Group (SHG) Bank …: India's rural poor currently have very little access to finance from formal sources. Microfinance approaches have tried to …"This paper reviews the current level and pattern of access to finance for India's rural poor and examines some of the …

In South Asia, the modern microfinance movement was born in Bangladesh in the 1970s as a response to the prevailing … a new dimension for microfinance worldwide as microfinance institutions grew to include millions of clients. The start … of the twenty-first century reinforced this trend as the Bangladesh numbers continued to grow impressively; in India, a …

social impacts of the formation of self-help groups in India. They find positive impacts on empowerment and nutritional … forming self-help groups to mobilize savings and foster social empowerment at the local level is virtually non … as non-participants. Female social and economic empowerment in program areas increased irrespective of participation …

"Despite the popularity and unique nature of women's self-help groups in India, evidence of their economic impacts is … self-help programs in Andhra Pradesh in India. The analysis finds that longer program exposure has positive impacts on …

"The major form of microfinance in India is that based on women's Self Help Groups (SHGs), which are small groups of 10 …

empowerment. This note is accompanied by the overview of all study findings and three thematic notes that present in …