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14 avril 2020
- doi: 10.4000/books.ifp.4761
- isbn: 9788184701364
- eisbn: 9791036549854
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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pauvreté microfinance empowerment microfinance poverty empowerment Sociology Economics (General) SOC000000 GTGSujets proches
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Joy Deshmukh-Ranadive, « 7. Can microfinance empower women? », Institut Français de Pondichéry, ID : 10.4000/books.ifp.4761
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Currently, microfinance has become the endorsed solution to poverty alleviation. Over the past few years microfinance has been advocated internationally as the formal route to offering opportunities for livelihoods and pulling the poor out of poverty traps. Small sums of credit are made out to persons who are supposed to put the money to productive use, thereby guaranteeing repayment. Women are seen as more creditworthy than men and hence the bulk of microfinance is directed towards them. In ...