5. Historical analysis of empowerment and its present understanding in the context of microfinance

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14 avril 2020

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Institut Français de Pondichéry

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pauvreté microfinance empowerment microfinance poverty empowerment Sociology Economics (General) SOC000000 GTG

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Microenterprise lending Microcredit Micro-finance Microlending

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Sunita Rabindranathan, « 5. Historical analysis of empowerment and its present understanding in the context of microfinance », Institut Français de Pondichéry, ID : 10.4000/books.ifp.4746

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Since 1980, there has been a mushrooming of microcredit-based self-help groups (SHGs) in the country, organised initially by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and by the late 1980s, by government organisations. The Indian government, aid agencies and several NGOs view SHGs as the panacea for poverty reduction and women’s empowerment. Microfinance is the provision of very small loans offered to a collective savings group that need to be repaid within a short period of time. The group guar...

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