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The impact of microfinance on factors empowering women : differences in regional and delivery mechanisms in India's SHG programme

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Wallentin, Fan Yang - 2014

We examine how the impact on women empowerment varies with respect to the location and type of group linkage of the … equation model. Our results reveal that in the southern states of India empowerment of women takes place through economic … factors. For the other states, we find a significant correlation between women empowerment and autonomy in women's decision …

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Evaluating the impact of training in self-help groups in India

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - In: The European journal of development research : journal … 26 (2014) 5, pp. 870-885

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The impact of microfinance on factors empowering women : differences in regional and delivery mechanisms in India’s SHG programme

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Wallentin, Fan Yang - In: The journal of development studies : JDS 53 (2017) 5, pp. 684-699

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Does self help group participation lead to asset creation?

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 37 (2009) 10, pp. 1674-1682

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Does microfinance empower women? : evidence from self-help groups in India

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Wallentin, Fan Yang - In: International review of applied economics 23 (2009) 5, pp. 541-556

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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 households. We correct for membership selection bias and account for potential training endogeneity with propensity score matching, using data from the Self Help Group microfinance...

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Reducing vulnerability through microfinance : evidence from Indian self help group program

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Floro, Maria Sagrario - 2010

We investigate if participation in Indian Self Help Group microfinance program (SHG) results in reducing vulnerability. Vulnerability estimates are constructed using crosssectional SHG rural household survey data, collected in 2003. The potential selection bias is eliminated by propensity score...

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Being patient with microfinance : the impact of training on Indian self help groups

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2010

We evaluate the impact of training provided by facilitators of Self Help Groups (SHGs). This evaluation provides one of 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...

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Assessing the effect of microfinance on vulnerability and poverty among low income households

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Floro, Maria Sagrario - In: The journal of development studies : JDS 48 (2012) 5, pp. 605-618

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The microfinance impact

Swain, Ranjula Bali - 2012

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