equation model. Our results reveal that in the southern states of India empowerment of women takes place through economic …We examine how the impact on women empowerment varies with respect to the location and type of group linkage of the … respondent. Using household survey data from five states in India, we correct for selection bias to estimate a structural …

Improving the livelihoods of poor households and transitioning more women back to the labor force is a major challenge … in South Asia. Self-employment promoted through women's groups has often been cited as a promising intervention towards …, especially for government programs like the National Rural Livelihoods Mission in India. This study aims to provide empirical …

-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 …