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 …

Background: This research explores the repercussions of the COVID-19 emergency on women’s enablement worldwide … various metrics pertinent to women’s empowerment, encompassing the ratio of employed females to the total populace, women …’s labor force involvement, female representation in legislative assemblies, young women disengaged from education, occupation …

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 …