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Effect of Microfinance on Vulnerability, Poverty and Risk in Low Income Households
Bali Swain, Ranjula; Floro, Maria - 2007
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 …
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Reducing vulnerability through microfinance: Evidence from Indian self help group program
Swain, Ranjula Bali; Floro, Maria - 2010
We investigate if participation in Indian Self Help Group microfinance program (SHG) results in reducing vulnerability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321470
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Women and Finance in Rural andUrban Sudan: A Case Study inGreater Omdurman and Khartoum
Schultz, Ulrike; Makkawi, Asia; Al Fatih, Tayseer - Universität <Berlin, Humboldt-Universität> / … - 2008
In the paper it is inquired how Sudanese women use the financial institutions in order toorganise their lives between market, household, and the community. The results arebased on interviews and observations done in two villages in the surroundings ofOmdurman (Al Gharaza and Sanahir), displaced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009302559
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IFAD Rural Finance Policy
Seibel, Hans Dieter - 2000
Two thirds of the Fund?s current projects have a rural finance component; about 21% of the Fund?s resources are dedicated to rural finance.2 Most of IFAD?s target group are small producers engaged in agric ultural and non-agricultural activities in areas of widely varying potential. Direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297183
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321634
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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321377
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321416
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Delivery mechanisms and impact of training through microfinance
Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2011
SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. We correct for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321423
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The impact of skill development and human capital training on self help groups
Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2009
groups (SHGs). Indian SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGOformed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321443
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321448