, especially for government programs like the National Rural Livelihoods Mission in India. This study aims to provide empirical … first study to estimate the annual income effects of a government-run rural livelihoods program in India, and it shows …

This paper provides an overview of poverty and well-being trends in India since the mid-1990s. Poverty reduction since … rising) share of the population faces significant risk of slipping back into poverty. India's poor are increasingly … concentrated in low-income states with historically lower rates of economic progress. Even as India has reduced poverty faster than …

Self-help groups (SHGs) are the most common form of microfinance in India. The authors provide evidence that SHGs … technology of providing public goods. Using first-hand data on SHGs in India, the paper tests the prediction of the model and …

the first randomized controlled trial-based evidence on this question. Households in rural Bihar, India, were offered low … indicators of women's empowerment were mixed, and showed no clear direction when aggregated, nor was there any impact on …

compared to lending to MSMEs in India. Due to a lack of segmental focus and, perhaps, due to a higher perception of risk … catalogue initiatives taken by financial institutions in access to finance for women-owned businesses in India. The report … finance for women-owned businesses in India …

The purpose of this report is to present the findings from a study on the Economic Empowerment of Women through …

to several policy interventions in Pakistan over the past decade and a half, including the promotion of microfinance, the …

Female labor force participation rates in urban India between 1987 and 2011 are surprisingly low and have stagnated …