Microfinance programs like the Self Help Bank Linkage Program in India have been increasingly promoted for their … between microfinance and women's empowerment. This paper contributes by arguing that women empowerment takes place when women … positive economic impact and the belief that they empower women. However, only a few studies rigorously examine the link …

equation model. Our results reveal that in the southern states of India empowerment of women takes place through economic …We examine how the impact on women empowerment varies with respect to the location and type of group linkage of the … respondent. Using household survey data from five states in India, we correct for selection bias to estimate a structural …

Microfinance programs like Self Help Group Bank linkage program (SHG), aim to empower women through provision of … greater impact on empowering women. Using household survey data on SHG from India, a general structural model is adopted where … the latent women empowerment and its latent components (economic factors and financial confidence, managerial control …

groups (SHGs). Indian SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGOformed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial …

matching, using data from the Self Help Group microfinance program in India. …The provision of business training with microfinance leads to a positive impact on assets for the participating …

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 commercial banks. We correct for membership selection bias with data on …

SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. We correct for …

investigates the role of microfinance services on women's entrepreneurship development in Benishangul Gumuz Credit and Saving … developed to examine the effect of microfinance institutions on women's entrepreneurship development. The findings from the … women's entrepreneurship. Finally, the structural equation model analysis finding revealed that the microfinance institution …

microenterprises, much higher than market interest rates. But returns were found to be much higher among men than among women, and … indeed were not different from zero for women. In this paper, we explore different explanations for the lower returns among … local areas are important. We do find evidence that women invested the grants differently from men. A smaller share of the …

This paper examines the development of microfinance market from the household perspective as it relates to poverty …