Swain, Ranjula Bali; Floro, Maria - In: International Review of Applied Economics 28 (2014) 5, pp. 539-561
We investigate if participation in the Indian Self Help Group (SHG) program results in reducing poverty and vulnerability. The theoretical framework examines the mechanisms through which the pecuniary and non-pecuniary effects of the SHG impacts the households' ability to manage risk. We use a...