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Micro-credit, poverty and empowerment : linking the triad / editors, Neera Burra, Joy Deshmukh-Ranadive, Ranjani K. Murthy

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New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2005.
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1 online resource (369 pages)
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Burra, Neera, 1951-, Deshmukh-Ranadive, Joy, and Murthy, Ranjani K., 1962-
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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.
Summary
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 of the assumption that there is a linear link between micro-credit, poverty reduction and womens̀ empowerment. This important and thought provoking volume brings together revealing case studies of micro-credit interventions made by six non-governmental and quasi-governmental bodies in five states of.
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9788132102137 (electronic bk.)
8132102134 (electronic bk.)
9788132111757 (ebook)
8132111753 (ebook)
8178295091 (India ; pbk.)
9788178295091 (India ; pbk.)
0761933662 (U.S. ; pbk.)
9780761933663 (U.S. ; pbk.)
0761933654 (U.S.)
9780761933656 (U.S.)
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"ICICI social intiatives.org; UNDP."
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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