Uncertainty and unpredictability faced by low-income households increase their vulnerability making poverty even more … is currently the largest and fastest growing microfinance program in the developing world, has been aggressively promoted … as a way of combating poverty. This paper investigates whether or not SHG participation results in reducing poverty and …

to the three billion people who are poor using the $2.50 PPP dollar poverty line. A much larger number - 900 million … protections, and type of work), analysts and donors need to understand better how employment, growth, poverty and other factors …

poverty reduction: helping the poor earn more in the labour market for the work they do, so that they can buy the goods and … services they need to move up out of poverty. …

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 …

This paper extends the analysis on microfinance and poverty from the household perspective by focusing on the role of … other economically active household members in alleviating household poverty. Results show that additional other …, results from the earnings regression analysis and logit analysis indicate congruence with generally accepted theory on poverty …

The study examines the nature and extent of time poverty experienced by men and women in subsistence households in …% of men face time constraints. Women's time poverty worsens when the burden of simultaneous care work is taken into … determinants of time poverty show that measures of bargaining power like assets and education do not necessarily affect time …

Poverty rates of women are usually not or only slightly higher than those of men. Thus the statement "poverty is female …" cannot be confirmed empirically. This is at least the case if the typical poverty measures are used. Nevertheless gender … inequalities and low pay of women are a main source of poverty. This is shown for the case of Germany by empirical investigations …