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The impact of skill development and human capital training on self help groups

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2009

We evaluate the effect of training, in both skill development and human capital, provided by facilitators of self help groups (SHGs). Indian SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGOformed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. The results suggest that, in general, training...

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Microfinance 'plus': The impact of business training on Indian self help groups

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2010

matching, using data from the Self Help Group microfinance program in India. …

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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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Delivery mechanisms and impact of training through microfinance

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2011

We evaluate the effect of delivery mechanisms for training provided by facilitators of self help groups (SHGs). Indian SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. We correct for both membership and training endogeneity. Training...

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Marital violence and women's employment and property status: evidence from North Indian villages

Bhattacharya, Manasi; Bedi, Arjun S.; Chhachhi, Amrita - 2009

empowerment, which in turn is believed to be instrumental in enhancing women's well-being. However, empirical work on the …Dominant development policy approaches recommend women's employment on the grounds that it facilitates their … relationship between women's employment status and their well-being as measured by freedom from marital violence yields an …

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Empowering women through education and influence: An evaluation of the Indian Mahila Samakhya program

Kandpal, Eeshani; Baylis, Kathy; Arends-Kuenning, Mary P. - 2012

This paper shows that participation in a community-level female empowerment program in India significantly increases … primary data to disentangle the program's mechanisms, separately considering its effect on women who work, and those who do …-participants relative to women in untreated districts. …

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Does self help group participation lead to asset creation?

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2008

We evaluate the effect of Self Help Group participation on a long term impact parameter, namely asset creation. Indian Self Help Groups (SHGs) are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. The results reveal that longer membership in SHGs...

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

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Floro, Maria - 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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ICTs and rural development in India

Singh, Nirvikar - 2006

communication technology (ICT) use for broad-based development and economic growth in India. It will examine the role of …

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ICTs and rural development in India

Singh, Nirvikar - 2006

communication technology (ICT) use for broad-based development and economic growth in India. It will examine the role of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285313

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