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Employment and Poverty in India: 2000-2005

Sundaram, K. - eSocialSciences - 2007

This paper is principally focused on the changes in the size and structure of work force and the changes in labour productivity, wages and poverty in India in the first quinquennuim of the 21st century. The period between 2000 and 2005 saw a sharp acceleration in work force growth, and, on the...

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Effect of Mobiles on Socio-economic Life of Urban Poor

Sarin, Ankur; Jain, Rekha - eSocialSciences - 2009

Using a survey of 1774 users and non-users in 84 slums in three metropolitan cities (Delhi, Ahmedabad and Kolkata), we try to understand the impact of mobiles on their social and economic lives. Urban slum dwellers spend significant amounts on communications, both for a first time acquisition of...

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The Role of Self Help Group Bank Linkage Programme in Preventing Rural Emergencies in India

Wilson, Kim - eSocialSciences - 2006

The Self-Help Emergency Prevention (SHEPherd) programme aims to use lessons from CRS/Orissaâ€™s emergency responses in 1999 and 2001 to inspire an India-wide response to emergency prevention. The programme has witnessed first-hand the ability of SHGs to mobilize poor families and...

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Performance Analysis of Fisherwomen Self-help Groups in Tamil Nadu

Jayaraman, R. - eSocialSciences - 2006

The present study attempted to assess the performance of Fisherwomen's self help groups (SHGs) in Tamil Nadu . Primary data required for the study were collected from 725 fisherwomen SHG members representing 41 SHGs from five coastal villages - Tharuvaikulam, Pazhayakayal and Therespuram in...

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The Micro Financial Sector (Development and Regulation)Bill 2007

Law, Ministry of - eSocialSciences - 2007

The Micro Financial Sector (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2007 seeks to promote the sector and regulate micro financial organisations (MFO). 􀂐 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) shall regulate the micro financial sector. 􀂐 The central government may establish...

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Studies on Self-Help Groups of the Rural Poor

eSocialSciences - 2006

In pursuance of a recommendation made by the Asian and Pacific Regional Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA), the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, in collaboration with some of the other member-institutions of APRACA, undertook field studies of selected self-help group...

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Agricultural Credit - Accomplishments and Challenges

Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2012

Agricultureâ€™s share in GDP is less than 15 per cent but it still remains the direct domain of over half of the population whose economic prospects are linked to the performance of agriculture. There are many schemes taken by NABARD to improve the agricultural sector but there ahead which...

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Impact Assessment of CFPR/TUP: A Descriptive Analysis Based on 2002-2005 Panel Data

Sulaiman, Munshi; Rabbani, Mehnaz; Prakash, Vivek A. - eSocialSciences - 2010

This paper looks at the overall performance of the CFPR/TUP programme using the 2002 baseline survey and 2005 repeat survey. All the topics covered in this study could be analysed more deeply, but that is beyond the scope of this paper. Our goal here is to present a descriptive overview of the...

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Microfinance and the Millennium Development Goals in Pakistan: Impact Assessment Using Propensity Score Matching

Setboonsarng, Sununtar; Parpiev, Ziyodullo - eSocialSciences - 2010

Using data from a survey of clients of a microfinance bank, Khushhali Bank, in 2005, the study revisited the survey …

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Commercialisation of Microfinance in India: A Discussion on the Emperorâ€™s Apparel

Sriram, M S - eSocialSciences - 2010

microfinance in India happened through donor and philanthropic funds. These funds came in to not-for-profit organizations. However …The paper looks at the growth and commercialization of microfinance in India. It starts out be looking at how the … commercial microfinance has evolved internationally by discussing two specific examples and then moves on to examine the …

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