20. Social externalities of women’s empowerment through microfinance: a comparative study of two interventions
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14 avril 2020
- doi: 10.4000/books.ifp.4860
- isbn: 9788184701364
- eisbn: 9791036549854
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M. Indira, « 20. Social externalities of women’s empowerment through microfinance: a comparative study of two interventions », Institut Français de Pondichéry, ID : 10.4000/books.ifp.4860
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The empowerment of women as a goal to engender the process of development has been very popular in recent times. Many development agencies now realise that women’s empowerment is the key to long-term poverty alleviation. It is defined as increasing the self-reliance of poor people, especially poor women. Microfinance programmes for women are more and more promoted not only as a strategy for poverty alleviation, but also for the empowerment of women (Mayoux 1996). These programmes have an impa...