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 … the most significant factors in empowering women. -- microfinance ; impact ; women empowerment …

finance SHGs. -- Asia ; India ; microfinance ; impact studies ; training ; Self Help Groups … groups (SHGs). Indian SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGOformed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial …

SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. We correct for … training include better infrastructure (as in paved roads), linkage model type, and training organizer. -- Asia ; India … ; microfinance ; impact studies ; training ; Self Help Groups …

matching, using data from the Self Help Group microfinance program in India. -- India ; microfinance ; business training …The provision of business training with microfinance leads to a positive impact on assets for the participating …

on these estimates. -- India ; microfinance ; training ; impact studies ; Self Help Groups … the first studies of the impact of 'microfinance plus', or the disbursement of services beyond credit. Indian SHGs are … mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but funded by commercial banks. We correct for membership selection bias with data on …

Self Help Groups (SHGs) are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial … effect. -- Asset creation ; microfinance ; impact ; Self Help Groups …

over 16,500 observations. In the study, clusters were selected in areas Compartamos Banco, a Microfinance institution (MFI … suggests that Microfinance has a significant positive effect on school and food expenditure but no apparent effect on …

decades, microfinance institutions (MFIs) have appeared as crucial tools not only to address the issue of poverty but also … encouraging women’s entrepreneurship. Hence, this paper not only examines empowerment, which women are attaining from microfinance …

A series of lecture on the theory of microfinance. Using contract theoretic models, the lecture summaries the current … research in the microfinance. The lecture cover consumption credit, adverse selection, moral hazard and contract enforcement …