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 most significant factors in empowering women. -- microfinance ; impact ; women empowerment …

Purpose - This paper explores the relationship between SHG training and other factors on women empowerment in the rural … larger sample sizes and the study should be extended to other areas of not only Gujarat, also in India. A detailed study on …

The empowerment of women is one of crucial development issues. This is due to the fact that women appear to form the … a tool for poverty alleviation and lifting the poor, particularly women, out of poverty. The impact of microcredit … program, however, is not limited to improving income of poor women. What is more important is that microcredit program has …

SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. We correct for … training include better infrastructure (as in paved roads), linkage model type, and training organizer. -- Asia ; India … ; microfinance ; impact studies ; training ; Self Help Groups …