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Economic and social impacts of self-help groups in india

Deininger, Klaus W. - 2009

"Although there has been considerable recent interest in micro-credit programs, rigorous evidence on the impacts of forming self-help groups to mobilize savings and foster social empowerment at the local level is virtually non-existent, despite a large number of programs following this pattern....

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Longer-term economic impacts of self-help groups in India

Deininger, Klaus W. - 2009

"Despite the popularity and unique nature of women's self-help groups in India, evidence of their economic impacts is scant. Based on two rounds of a 2,400 household panel, the authors use double differences, propensity score matching, and pipeline comparison to assess economic impacts of longer...

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Scaling-up microfinance for India's rural poor

Basu, Priya - 2005

"This paper reviews the current level and pattern of access to finance for India's rural poor and examines some of the … the reasons behind this, and the lessons learned. The analysis draws heavily on a recent rural access to finance survey of …: India's rural poor currently have very little access to finance from formal sources. Microfinance approaches have tried to …

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Sustainability of microfinance self help groups in India : would federating help?

Nair, Ajai - 2005

"The major form of microfinance in India is that based on women's Self Help Groups (SHGs), which are small groups of 10--20 members. These groups collect savings from their members and provide loans to them. However, unlike most accumulating savings and credit associations (ASCAs) found in...

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India : why fiscal adjustment now

Pinto, Brian - 2003

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Financing firms in India

Allen, Franklin (contributor) - 2006

"The authors examine the legal and business environments, financing channels, and governance mechanisms of various types of firms in India and compare them to those from other countries. Despite its English commonlaw origin, strong legal protection provided by the law, and a democratic...

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Firm financing in India : recent risks and patterns

Love, Inessa - 2005

suggestive (but not definite) evidence of stronger credit constraints for smaller firms. This paper--a product of the Finance … Team, Development Research Group--is part of a larger effort in the department to study access to finance"--World Bank web …

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The stock market as a source of finance : a comparison of U.S. and Indian firms

Samuel, Cherian - 1996

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