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Micro-credit, poverty and empowerment : linking the triad /
Two persistent problems that affect a significant portion of Indian women are poverty and violation of their human rights. In recent years, micro-credit has come to be viewed as a vital tool to ameliorate both conditions. However, there are few studies in the Indian context which test the validity o...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage Publications,
2005.
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| Online Access: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005020300.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0712/2005020300-d.html |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : linking the triad / Joy Deshmukh-Ranadive and Ranjani K. Murthy
- Towards women's empowerment and poverty reduction : lessons from the Andhra Pradesh South Asia Poverty Alleviation Programme / Ranjani K. Murthy, K. Raju and Amitha Kamath with research team
- Micro-credit and women's empowerment : a case study of SHARE Micro-finance Limited / Anuradha Rajivan
- Social mobilization and micro-credit for women's empowerment : a study of the DHAN Foundation / Veena Padia
- Awareness, access, agency : experiences of Swayam Shikshan Prayog in micro-finance and women's empowerment / Soma Kishore Parthasarathy
- Micro-credit and women's empowerment : the Lokadrusti case / Shashi Rajagopalan
- Social mobilization and micro-finance for womens' empowerment : lessons from ASA Trust / Kalpana Sankar
- Conclusion : analysing the link / Ranjani K. Murthy and Joy Deshmukh-Ranadive.