2019
DOI: 10.22439/jba.v8i2.5851
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From Brides to Business Owners: Microfinance and Women’s Entrepreneurship

Abstract: Women's entrepreneurship through microfinance programs has been celebrated as a model for reducing poverty and empowering women. Yet, evidence of the incidence of women's entrepreneurship has been disappointing, leading to much critique and controversy. This article presents case narratives of women enrolled in microfinance programs in rural India who took the leap onto entrepreneurship and used microcredit loans to expand or start their small-scale livelihoods enterprises. These narratives illustrate the part… Show more

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