The Role of Microfinance in Women’s Empowerment
A Comparative Study of Rural & Urban Groups in India
Delving into the effects of microfinance in both rural and urban communities, this book will be of interest to researchers of women studies, microfinance, and development economics.
Publication Date:
2017-10-04Author:
Chapters:
- Prelims
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Literature Review
- Chapter 3 Conceptualising Empowerment: A Theoretical Model
- Chapter 4 Nationalisation to Demonetisation: An Overview of the Indian Banking Sector
- Chapter 5 Microfinance in India – The Self-Help Group Federation and Joint Liability Models
- Chapter 6 Data and Methods
- Chapter 7 An Overview of the MFI Organisations: Annapurna Pariwar (AP) and GMSS
- Chapter 8 Observations and Discussion – Rural Area
- Chapter 9 Observations and Discussion – Urban Area
- Chapter 10 Vetale Village: Then and Now (2013–2016)
- Chapter 11 Concluding Remarks
- Appendix 1 A ‘Bad Loans’ Bank for India
- Appendix 2 Less Cash or Cashless: What about the Common Man?
- References
- Index
