-strand programs can help to explain the paradox as to why nearly 100 million women (in India alone) have participated in self help … for the use of capability measures over agency measures focused solely on household decision-making to assess women …This paper offers an evaluation of a supported women's self help program with over 1.5 million participants in one of …

While the important topic of women's empowerment through microfinance has been the subject of academic and practitioner … presents recent empirical work from India including first-hand field-level case studies, where microfinance plays a key …) model, an under-studied aspect of microfinance practice, and looks at both rural communicates and urban slums. Ramchandani …

economic and social development. Microfinance is an instrument that under the right conditions, fits the needs of a broad range ….This study is an attempt to examine the change in socio economic indicators of SHG women especially with emphasis to financial … generation, increase in wages, women rejoining workforce, improvement in education level etc. For the purpose of this study both …

accommodated. Women’s access to savings and credit gives them greater economic role in decision-making through their decisions …Empowerment of women is considered as one of the most important responsibilities of every government. Till recently … regarding savings and credit. When women control decisions concerning credit and savings, they optimize their own and the …