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Mainstreaming Migration in Development Agendas : Assessment of South Asian Countries

Wickramasekara, Piyasiri - 2015

There has been increased emphasis on the linkages between international migration and development at international, regional and national levels in the past two decades. This recognition of migration as a developmental tool has generated calls for mainstreaming migration in development with some...

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Does self help group participation lead to asset creation?

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2008

Self Help Groups (SHGs) are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial …

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Commodity finance: a commercial proposition? Micro- and Mesofinance for Agricultural Commodity Production, Processing and Trade

Seibel, Hans Dieter - 2003

This Conference brings together the financial experience of rural and agricultural microfinance institutions and the …

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Effect of Microfinance on Vulnerability, Poverty and Risk in Low Income Households

Bali Swain, Ranjula; Floro, Maria - 2007

is currently the largest and fastest growing microfinance program in the developing world, has been aggressively promoted …

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Does Microfinance Empower Women? Evidence from Self Help Groups in India

Bali Swain, Ranjula; Wallentin, Fan Yang - 2007

Microfinance programs like the Self Help Bank Linkage Program in India have been increasingly promoted for their … between microfinance and women's empowerment. This paper contributes by arguing that women empowerment takes place when women …

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Microfinance 'plus': The impact of business training on Indian self help groups

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2010

The provision of business training with microfinance leads to a positive impact on assets for the participating … matching, using data from the Self Help Group microfinance program in India. …

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Being patient with microfinance: The impact of training on Indian self help groups

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2010

the first studies of the impact of 'microfinance plus', or the disbursement of services beyond credit. Indian SHGs are … mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but funded by commercial banks. We correct for membership selection bias with data on …

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