the most significant factors in empowering women. -- microfinance ; impact ; women empowerment …Microfinance programs like Self Help Group Bank linkage program (SHG), aim to empower women through provision of … greater impact on empowering women. Using household survey data on SHG from India, a general structural model is adopted where …

The paper explores whether one of the largest programs in the world for women's empowerment and rural livelihoods, the … Indira Kranti Patham in Andhra Pradesh, India, has had an impact on the economic and social wellbeing of households that …), invest in education, and increase total expenditures (for the poorest and poor). Women who participated in the program had …

The paper explores whether one of the largest programs in the world for women's empowerment and rural livelihoods, the … Indira Kranti Patham in Andhra Pradesh, India, has had an impact on the economic and social wellbeing of households that …), invest in education, and increase total expenditures (for the poorest and poor). Women who participated in the program had …

We investigate if participation in Indian Self Help Group microfinance program (SHG) results in reducing vulnerability … be robust using sensitivity analysis and Rosenbaum bounds method. -- Microfinance ; Vulnerability ; Poverty ; Self Help …