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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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Targeting the Poorest in Microfinance: Poverty Outreach of BDP Ultra Poor Programme

Sulaiman, Munshi; Barua, Proloy - eSocialSciences - 2006

Despite the general consensus that microfinance does not reach the poorest; recent evidence suggests that nearly 15% of … microfinance clients in Bangladesh are among the poorest. It is from the realization that even within the existing microfinance … benefit from microfinance services. This study attempts to assess the targeting effectiveness of the BDP ultra poor programme …

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Linking Banks and (Financial) Self Help Groups in India: An Assessment

Kropp, Erhard. W.; Suran, B. S. - eSocialSciences - 2006

A review of the progress and impact of the overall strategy for scaling up the SHG Bank Linkage Programme over the last decade. [Paper presented at the Seminar on SHG-bank Linkage Programme at New Delhi on 25th and 26th November 2002]

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The Micro Financial Sector (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2007: Legislative Brief

Sanyal, Kaushiki - eSocialSciences - 2007

While the Bill promotes the activities of MFOs, there are differing opinions on the cost efficiency of the MFO model. 􀂐 NABARD is designated as the regulator of the micro financial sector. However, its dual role as a key participant in the sector and the regulator could lead to conflict of...

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Using Change Rankings to Understand Poverty Dynamics: Examining the Impact of CFPR/TUP from Community Perspective

Sulaiman, Munshi; Matin, Imran - eSocialSciences - 2006

Studies of poverty dynamics relying solely on household income-expenditure surveys can yield noisy results, overestimating transient poverty and underestimating persistence of poverty, especially for the poorest. In this study, we make use of an approach that relies on community based change...

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Microfinance Bill: Too Many Wrinkles

Asher, Mukul; Shankar, Savita - eSocialSciences - 2007

A regulator should promote social entrepreneurship and tap into the considerable expertise existing in the micro-finance … micro-finance services in a sustainable manner. The new bill needs to be reworked to amend its many deficiencies. …

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In Conversation with Mohammed Yunus

Rao, Kala - eSocialSciences - 2007

In Mumbai to open an office of the Grameen Foundation, Professor Yunus spoke on the growing role of microfinance in the …

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Book Review: Microfinance-Is it a means of Empowering Women?

Das, Sanchita; Sen, Anwesha - eSocialSciences - 2010

Multiple Meanings of Money: How Women See Microfinance by Smita Premchander, V. Prameela, M. Chidambaranathan, L …

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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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