The recent decline in India?s rural female labor force participation is generally attributed to higher rural incomes in … lower, this alleged income effect does not bode well for the empowerment of women as India develops. This paper argues that … misclassification of urban areas as rural, as a result of household surveys lagging behind India?s rapid urbanization process. The …

rural areas of Northern India. The program has four streams of activity in micro-savings, agricultural enterprise training …

This paper examines the relationship between caste and gender inequality in three states in India. When households are …

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 …

Indira Kranti Patham in Andhra Pradesh, India, has had an impact on the economic and social wellbeing of households that …

32 of 80 villages in one of the poorest districts in rural India in which to establish SHGs for women. Two years of …