India in this regard and recommends certain necessary steps in order to consolidate the process of linking MFIs with other … applicable to India as well as other developing countries facing similar situation. …

microfinance, poverty reduction, and female empowerment. Microfinance programs provide an effective and operational policy tool … than men. However, the rigidity of microfinance programs does little to enhance female political empowerment. Thus, it is …In the past few years the provision of financial services to low-income clients via microfinance programs has …

the bank also had an impact on economic or social measures of poverty, including empowerment of poor women, or income …Is it possible for microfinance institutions to simultaneously pursue profits and poverty reduction? This study … explores this question by analyzing the impact of Khushhali Bank, the largest retail microfinance bank in Pakistan. Khushhali …

the world’s richest countries. However, the women are discriminated both at work and at home. Further, they are vulnerable … home as well as at work. For example, 45 per cent of the measurable Gross Domestic Income comes from the work of women in … to conflicts, wars and terrorism. The women in Eritrea are fighting for their rights and freedom. This paper explores the …

have the potential to positively influence the quantity and quality of women’s participation in agriculture in India … these ensuing opportunities, because they are ideologically more empowered vis-a vis women in rest of India. Having said …’s North Eastern Region. Women in agriculture in this part of the country, are going to get more and more employments both in …

favour of poor women in the Third World. There has been a gradual shift in orientation of these policy approaches towards … women from ‘welfare’, to equity’ to anti-poverty’ to ‘efficiency’ and finally to ‘empowerment’. The policy reorientation …The concept of women’s development has now become an integral part of the development discourses and policy initiatives …

Well-being is desired and drives all ages and all societies. Empowerment is a means to well-being. The issue of … empowerment endures at older ages also. Addressing this issue is central as the Indian population continues to age. The present … property, as autonomy is a manifestation of empowerment. For this purpose, data sets from the 42nd and the 52nd round of the …

attract women who are already active in the public domain (referred to as ‘self-selection’), so that those who are most in … significance of the program effect of SHGs by comparing empowerment levels of newly inducted and older members of SHGs. The paper … is based on a survey conducted in six municipalities in West Bengal, India. …

This article presents a practical methodology to monitor poverty changes among microfinance clients using available … microfinance practitioners to verify whether their clients are moving out of poverty and validate management strategies aiming to …

to underline the positive corollary existing between the targeting of women by microfinance programs, on the one hand …The present paper aims to adduce succinctly the reasons and arguments sustaining female-targeting microfinance programs … microfinance, through stressing its economical and social dimensions and consequences - while contributing to enhance the holistic …