microfinance is not a panacea against poverty. However, analysing 154 impact, we show that this issue is far from being new and has …A widespread assumption states that rigorous impact evaluations are new and that it has recently been discovered that …

</titre> After a historical presentation of impact evaluation methodologies, the contribution presents the ?double … two methodologies with the aim of designing impact evaluation methodologies better suited to the complexity of the sector. …

ownership. The main aim of the study is to examine the impact of microfinance on women's economic empowerment. Data were derived … from a questionnaire of a sample of 346 women clients of microfinance. Multiple regression and paired sampled t-test data … business experience did not have significant impact on women's economic empowerment. Paired sampled t-test result revealed that …

We evaluate the effect of Self Help Group participation on a long term impact parameter, namely asset creation. Indian … Self Help Groups (SHGs) are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial …

Microfinance programs like Self Help Group Bank linkage program (SHG), aim to empower women through provision of … greater impact on empowering women. Using household survey data on SHG from India, a general structural model is adopted where …