women affiliated with microcredit self-help groups who have access to an associational life. The qualitative analysis of 255 … gram sabha transcripts from four South Indian states finds that women associated with microcredit self-help groups employ a … undertakes a talk-centered analysis of the gram sabha with a focus on examining the oral participation of women in general and …

The impact of micro-credit interventions on existing credit markets is theoretically ambiguous. Previous empirical work … indicators of women's empowerment were mixed, and showed no clear direction when aggregated, nor was there any impact on …

levels: First, micro-credit allows households officially ineligible for the subsidy to invest in sanitation by alleviating … credit constraints. Second, micro-credit also helps subsidy eligible households to overcome short-term liquidity constraints …

of $93. Customers of nongovernmental organizations, which focus on the poorest customers and women, receive a far smaller …

, composed of women only, undertake collective actions for the provision of public goods within village communities. Using a …

This paper investigates whether the utilization of microcredit programs has a significant impact on the income and net … worth of the participants. Several micro finance institutes are optimistic on the beneficial effects of microcredit programs …. Others describe microcredit with interest rates in excess of 20 percent as a poverty trap. This paper uses more than 20 years …