Microfinance Services and Women’s Empowerment

Hansen, Nina; Huis, Marloes; Lensink, Robert

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-00001-1_4-1

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“…The previous literatures like Al-shami et al (2018) and Hansen et al (2020, 22) acknowledge the improvement of empowerment level in the post-loan phase, however our study expresses that the changes in different dimensions of empowerment (economic, psychological, political and social) are not uniform. This is because microfinance may not always be equally empowering for every woman, but most borrowers do experience some degree of empowerment by this.…”

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confidence: 59%

Impact of Microcredit on Employment Generation and Empowerment of Rural Women in India

Datta¹,

Sahu

2020

International Journal of Rural Management

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This study examines the responsibility of microfinance institutions towards changes in the livelihood practices of the borrowers. Considering a total of 350 borrowers of West Bengal, the impact of microfinance on their lives has been observed empirically by applying different statistical tools. In this study, it has been observed that MFIs with its offerings support to shape up the lifestyle practices of the beneficiaries over time. The microcredit utilisation helps the borrowers to start up income-generating activities and engagement of manpower within their household and beyond. This study contributes to the extant literature on microfinance by comparing pre-loan and post-loan phases and identifies the contemporary role of MFIs. By considering the appropriate framework and approach, this study is explicable towards policymakers for designing further policies in this context and helps identify resources that need to flourish the current state in the future.

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Section: Resultscontrasting

confidence: 59%

Impact of Microcredit on Employment Generation and Empowerment of Rural Women in India

Datta¹,

Sahu

2020

International Journal of Rural Management

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“…One mechanism with potential to extend financial services to marginalized groups is microfinance, which covers an array of financial services: microcredit, micro-savings, microbanks, micro-remittances, micro-guarantees, money transfers, and microinsurance (Armendáriz and Morduch 2010). Microfinance services complement bank services by providing vital financial services to underserved and disadvantaged populations: women, the disabled, the elderly, and the unemployed (Hansen, Huis, and Lensink 2020).…”

Section: Microfinance To Address Socioeconomic Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Asian Development Outlook 2021: Financing a Green and Inclusive Recovery

2021

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“…As the criticism proposed here claims: “Behavioral randomizers presume, without demonstrating, that market exchanges are the most effective form of regulation for societies in all situations of social life.” Individual behaviors are shaped and forced, even unconsciously, to conform to dominant norms, systemic effects, trends, and counter‐trends. Those behavioral analysts find “no significant changes in health, education, and women's empowerment” (Banerjee et al, 2015:22, Bauwin, 2019, Berge & Pires, 2019, Meager, 2019, Hansen, Huis, & Lensink, 2021). Solutions could be found with alternative systematic approaches where microfinance effectively encourages entrepreneurship among the poor (Atiase, Wang, & Mahmood, 2019; Attanasio et al, 2015; Field et al, 2013; Tarozzi, Desai, & Johnson, 2015).…”

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Microfinance and financial inclusion: Challenges and opportunities

Milana

Ashta

2020

Strategic Change

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Lifting the poor from poverty through financial and social inclusion is the ultimate target and raison d'etre of microfinance. As the most recent literature has recognized, microfinance institutions have economically worked well in operating microcredit, but the aim of raising the living standard of their indigent clients has not been generally met. The expected encouragement of entrepreneurship from microcredit is still not detected in the empirical data, let alone women's social integration in working activities. The articles collected in this thematic issue bring new empirical elements of discussion pointing to many aspects of the social divides and the inequalities that plague the emerging countries. This overview article recalls the main questions that are still open and the framework of topics discussed in this thematic issue.

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Microfinance Services and Women’s Empowerment

Cited by 11 publications

References 62 publications

Impact of Microcredit on Employment Generation and Empowerment of Rural Women in India

Impact of Microcredit on Employment Generation and Empowerment of Rural Women in India

Asian Development Outlook 2021: Financing a Green and Inclusive Recovery

Microfinance and financial inclusion: Challenges and opportunities

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