alleviate their poverty. Research shows that the poor need financial tools that are appropriate, flexible, convenient, quick and … Kenya is still low. In particular, the very poor people who are characterised by low literacy levels and generally low … affordable. The mobile money channel and the agent network provide the best avenue so far for reaching the very poor, but the …

-strand programs can help to explain the paradox as to why nearly 100 million women (in India alone) have participated in self help …This paper offers an evaluation of a supported women's self help program with over 1.5 million participants in one of … the poorest rural regions of the world (Uttar Pradesh, India). Methodologically, it shows how indicators from the direct …

upon as a means of credit-based poverty alleviation through financial inclusion. India also witnesses the same. In India …Microfinance is globally trusted for corroborating the upliftment of the rural vulnerable poor sections. It is looked …

its members, especially women. SHGs are key to women empowerment and ensuring regular income to rural and urban poor. The …Self Help Groups (SHGs) play a crucial role in creating entrepreneurship among rural and urban poor. This creates … employment opportunities among poor people which ultimately results into the enhanced financial security and social status for …