potential welfare loss. Using data from a randomized evaluation with dairy farmers in rural India, we test the impact of …

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 …

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 …