How and under which conditions can microfinance promote solidarity, solidarity being defined in terms of capability to redistribute power and wealth and to reinvent new forms of democracy? Based on Indian cases studies, the paper gives evidence to the numerous challenges faced by microfinance...

The objective of this paper is to assess the links between institutions and quality of life, within Nussbaum's capability framework approach, exploring a relevant empirical issue: microfinance. Microfinance appears more and more as a tool for women's empowerment. Available results of impact...

In welchem MAsse und unter welchen Bedingungen tragt Mikrofinanz effektiv zur Armutsbekampfung bei? Aus mehrjahrigen Forschungsarbeiten in sehr unterschiedlichen Regionen und anhand einer intensiven Datensammlungstatigkeit ergibt sich, dass Mikrofinanz zwar nutzlich ist, dass sie es aber nur...