Globalization, Democracy, and Inequality

Kalu, Christopher U.; Attamah, Nicolas

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-95867-5_116

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“…The Self-help group has developed confidence and provided continuous support to the poor rural women. The self-help group created many women entrepreneurs at the village level and developed leadership skills among the rural women (Dhakal & Nepal, 2017;Kalu & Attamah, 2021). The government of India through a microfinance scheme has supported these SHG so that it could continue the journey to elevate the poverty in rural areas.…”

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Empowering Women Self Help Groups Through Microfinance During Covid-19: A Case Study of Women SHG

Sharma¹,

Mishra

Rai³

2021

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The paper describes the mitigating effect of self-help groups in India during and post covid-19 situation. The study examines the potential opportunities and challenges concerning the contextual differences across and within the countries. Self-help group has been important in empowering its members by providing opportunities for livelihood support and income generator during the covid-19 situation. The self-help group played a very important role during the covid-19 situation as half of the SHG was involved in community awareness and infection prevention activities in their community. The study identifies a potential mechanism through which women's groups may be affected by covid-19 situations. JEL Classification Codes: G21, I3.

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confidence: 99%