In the microfinance industry the idea of “empowerment” is often valued as a means to encourage female emancipation from …

Multiple Meanings of Money: How Women See Microfinance by Smita Premchander, V. Prameela, M. Chidambaranathan, L …

investors and donors, both domestic and international. In India many microfinance institutions (MFIs) have come into being …Microfinance has emerged as a leading programme for poverty reduction round the globe. Indian microfinance sector has … analysing demographic profile, study socio-economic profile, and analyse the loan utilisation pattern and impact of microfinance …

Based mainly on a comparative study of informal finance in Uganda and India in 2001. Investigates sources of finance …

microfinance, poverty reduction, and female empowerment. Microfinance programs provide an effective and operational policy tool … than men. However, the rigidity of microfinance programs does little to enhance female political empowerment. Thus, it is …In the past few years the provision of financial services to low-income clients via microfinance programs has …

Is it possible for microfinance institutions to simultaneously pursue profits and poverty reduction? This study … explores this question by analyzing the impact of Khushhali Bank, the largest retail microfinance bank in Pakistan. Khushhali … the bank also had an impact on economic or social measures of poverty, including empowerment of poor women, or income …

Microfinance industry has grown massively in the past decades. Even if it is commonly considered as an … importantdevelopment tool, the evidence of the socio-economic impact of microfinance is mixed, regardless of what methodology hasbeen … applied. The purpose of this study is to assess the socio-economic impact of microfinance on the clients of amicrofinance …

interventions, and microfinance programs—on women’s empowerment, nutrition, or both. …This paper starts by reflecting on the concept and measurement of women’s empowerment and then reviews some of the …

. Deuxièmement, celui de l'objectif secondaire du microcrédit qui se veut aussi l'élément déclencheur de l'empowerment des femmes … pauvres. Les éléments de réponses sont également divers et l'empowerment clairement constaté dans certains exemples indiens … activités.En conclusion, il semble que, dans la majorité des cas, la microfinance crée un filet de sécurité évitant ainsi des …