Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of microcredit on women’s empowerment in rural Bangladesh … four districts of Bangladesh. Logistic regression is used to estimate the odd of improving women empowerment after … participating in microfinance. Findings The results show positive impacts of microfinance on most of the selected indicators for …

. Higher levels of population under the poverty line, higher levels of the Gini Index, and being an African country lead to …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of social capital in a microfinance contract. Design …/methodology/approach – Systematic review of the theoretical and empirical literature on the role of social capital in microfinance. Findings – The … initiating a microfinance program in any social setting. Social implications – The borrowers should be encouraged to form groups …

. Higher levels of population under the poverty line, higher levels of the Gini Index, and being an African country lead to …

. Originality/value – Controversies over the issue of widespread poverty in Bangladesh have been revolving among the government …Purpose – This paper seeks to analyse the current poverty situation and poverty alleviation efforts of the NGOs in … Bangladesh with emphasis on the impacts of two NGO programmes in two villages of Barisal district. Design …

. Originality/value – Controversies over the issue of widespread poverty in Bangladesh have been revolving among the government …Purpose – This paper seeks to analyse the current poverty situation and poverty alleviation efforts of the NGOs in … Bangladesh with emphasis on the impacts of two NGO programmes in two villages of Barisal district. Design …

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to investigate causal link between social capital and microfinance by testing the … understand the impact mechanism of social capital on microfinance participation. Findings – Participation in local organizations … microfinance participation. This result provides support to the argument that grouping all the dimensions of social capital into …

Purpose – The study of the relationships between the public sector and the microfinance sector in Spain; through the … development of the microfinance sector.The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Details on the public … to members of the boards of most microfinance institutions (MFIs), as well as a database compiled by the authors on the …

. Findings – Lenders who run the caisses populaires are not class or race biased; they understand how to make microfinance assist … structured to be socially inclusive. In fact, black microfinance lenders, as well as whitened local elites and foreigners, have a … socially conscious philosophy of using microfinance as a vehicle to ensure economic democracy for the masses. In doing this …