Format:
1 online resource (161 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415617239
,
9781136308109
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Development Economics Series
Content:
Microfinance has enabled a positive change in the lives of the poor, by allowing over 65 million poor people around the world to receive small loans without collateral, build up assets, and buy insurance. This book presents a comprehensive study on the impact of microfinance with a case study of the Indian Self Help Groups Bank Linkage Programme (SHG), one of largest and fastest growing microfinance programme in the world, reaching up to 45 million households
Note:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 1 The Self Help Group Bank Linkage Programme -- 2 Impact assessment methodologies and study design -- 3 Reducing poverty and vulnerability -- 4 Asset creation -- 5 Empowering women -- 6 Building human capital through training -- 7 Achieving impact and meeting challenges -- Appendix 1 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Bali Swain, Ranjula The Microfinance Impact Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2012 ISBN 9780415617239
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
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