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 … positive economic impact and the belief that they empower women. However, only a few studies rigorously examine the link …

equation model. Our results reveal that in the southern states of India empowerment of women takes place through economic …We examine how the impact on women empowerment varies with respect to the location and type of group linkage of the … respondent. Using household survey data from five states in India, we correct for selection bias to estimate a structural …

Microfinance programs like Self Help Group Bank linkage program (SHG), aim to empower women through provision of … greater impact on empowering women. Using household survey data on SHG from India, a general structural model is adopted where … the latent women empowerment and its latent components (economic factors and financial confidence, managerial control …

groups (SHGs). Indian SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGOformed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial …

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

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 …

SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. We correct for …

unbearable. India¡¦s National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)-initiated Self-Help Group (SHG) program, which … is currently the largest and fastest growing microfinance program in the developing world, has been aggressively promoted …

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

We investigate if participation in Indian Self Help Group microfinance program (SHG) results in reducing vulnerability …