This book analyses what microfinance money means to women; and in doing so, it focuses on the perspectives of … individual women and of women-only groups. It explores women's own money management strategies, group dynamics and learning …, and those of women who are members of self-help groups …

7: Women's Access to Microfinance Services in Southern Ethiopia: Assessing the Promises, Impacts, hallenges and Gaps … three main topics: studies in the measurement and analysis of well-being and vulnerability to poverty, women's empowerment … and women’s access to microfinance services in Ethiopia. The final section focuses on dynamics and determinants of income …

Study conducted at Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu State, India …