Uncertainty and unpredictability faced by low-income households increase their vulnerability making poverty even more … is currently the largest and fastest growing microfinance program in the developing world, has been aggressively promoted … as a way of combating poverty. This paper investigates whether or not SHG participation results in reducing poverty and …

between microfinance and women's empowerment. This paper contributes by arguing that women empowerment takes place when women …Microfinance programs like the Self Help Bank Linkage Program in India have been increasingly promoted for their … positive economic impact and the belief that they empower women. However, only a few studies rigorously examine the link …

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 …

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

In the paper it is inquired how Sudanese women use the financial institutions in order toorganise their lives between …, women seem to have some room of manoeuvre. Most of the interviewedwomen had access to money, could in some cases dispose of … ongoingprocess of changing gender roles and expansion of the market economy, women usefinancial institutions to defend their access …

, Ethiopia. We find that the program increased public employment and reduced private labor supply among beneficiaries and …

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. …

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 …

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