between microfinance and women's empowerment, questioning how microfinance facilitates the economic and socio …-political empowerment of women. The theoretical framework assesses both positive and negative outcomes of microfinance at the grassroots … development tool used to empower women in low- and middle-income countries. Women and Microfinance in the Global South …

In 2006 the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh won the Nobel Peace Prize for its innovative microfinancing operations. This … path-breaking study of gender, grassroots globalization, and neoliberalism in Bangladesh looks critically at the Grameen … Bank and three of the leading NGOs in the country. Amid euphoria over the benefits of microfinance, Lamia Karim offers a …

With reference to Bhatpara and Pachdona villages in Narsingdi District, Bangladesh; a study …