can be concluded that empowerment of poor women in Bangladesh can be significantly improved by encouraging them to …The empowerment of women is one of crucial development issues. This is due to the fact that women appear to form the … a tool for poverty alleviation and lifting the poor, particularly women, out of poverty. The impact of microcredit …

This paper intends to assess the impact of access to microcredit on women's entrepreneurship in Bangladesh. The … country. Considering the endogeneity in the microcredit program participation of women, the study uses an instrumental … variables technique (IV method) to assess the impact of access to microcredit on the entrepreneurial status of women. After …

Women comprise half of Bangladesh's population and — as is the case in most developing countries — are considered the … lesser sex, receiving inequitable treatment in the home and workplace. However, the status and power of women has improved … conclusion that microcredit loans encouraged poor women and significantly increased their self-esteem and self worth, and thereby …

This paper examines the effects of men's and women's participation in group-based micro-credit programs on a large set … of qualitative responses to questions that characterize women's autonomy and gender relations within the household. The … data come from a special survey carried out in rural Bangladesh in 1998-99. The results are consistent with the view that …