14. Microfinance and women’s empowerment: research approach and findings from an impact assessment of MFIs in India
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14 avril 2020
- doi: 10.4000/books.ifp.4818
- isbn: 9788184701364
- eisbn: 9791036549854
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Meenal Patole et al., « 14. Microfinance and women’s empowerment: research approach and findings from an impact assessment of MFIs in India », Institut Français de Pondichéry, ID : 10.4000/books.ifp.4818
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Women are the primary clients of many microfinance programmes, especially in the group based (self-help group [SHG] and Grameen) models. Does the role of women as microfinance clients translate into empowerment for them? Or is it merely instrumental, to ensure discipline and repayments? Questions about women’s empowerment are among the key research questions of the impact assessment study. Impact assessment is essentially about whether a programme is meeting its objectives. The overall goal o...