The study applied recent advances in propensity score matching methods to assess the impact of microfinance on … participating in microfinance programmes on household income and savings suggest that microfinance programmes may improve household … sufficient to become highly productive in income-generating activities. The finding of participation in microfinance programmes …

partial reconstruction efforts have specifically presented many challenges to women. In this context, the main research … investigates the empowerment of women during post disaster reconstruction particularly in Sri Lanka.</p><p>Among the factors that … influence women's empowerment, existing policies and frameworks is one of the important factors that can play a major role …

partial reconstruction efforts have specifically presented many challenges to women. In this context, the main research … investigates the empowerment of women during post disaster reconstruction particularly in Sri Lanka.Among the factors that … influence women's empowerment, existing policies and frameworks is one of the important factors that can play a major role …

Reviews the evidence about the link between access to microfinance and women's empowerment. …

This study examines whether microfinance institutions (MFIs) that serve women borrowers at the base of the economic … women’s empowerment—moderate the influence of an MFI’s percentage of women borrowers on the probability of the MFI having a … POE code. MFIs that serve more women borrowers are more likely to adopt a POE code, especially in negative contexts (where …

Increasing job opportunities and decent work for women are essential for advancing economic and social development in … countries, because many women continue to experience gender inequalities at work. An analysis of strategies to counter gender … discrimination and promote equality between men and women shows how a combination of good practices in law and in social and economic …