Essays about: "Poverty Alleviation India"

Found 3 essays containing the words Poverty Alleviation India.

  1. 1. Empowering women through an NGO chain : Assessing development from a knowledge transfer perspective

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Isabel Wahlgren; Sarah Bergh; [2015]
    Keywords : Non-Governmental Organization; NGO; Knowledge Transfer; Microfinance; Women; SHG; Empowerment; Sustainability; India; Poverty Alleviation.; Ideell organisation; kunskapsöverföring; mikrofinansiering; mikrolån; självhjälpsgrupp; Indien; fattigdom.;

    Abstract : Over the last decades the topic of microfinance as a method to alleviate poverty has been debated to a large extent in the academic literature. In India, the method of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) is today widespread among Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and has been proven to empower women economically and socially. READ MORE

  3. 2. Breaking the Vicious Circle of Poverty

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Petra Bergquist; [2009]
    Keywords : India; Gujarat; SEWA; microfinance; poverty; development; gender; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : During the last decade microfinance has become the latest trend in the development discourse, celebrated for empowering poor women to work their way out of poverty. Self-Employed Women’s Associations, SEWA, was alongside Grameen Bank one of the pioneers in the microfinance sector and has developed an integrated approach based on the life cycle needs of the members that is assumed to help them break the vicious circle of poverty. READ MORE

  4. 3. Corporate Social Responsibility and Development -A case study of the CSR strategies of international companies in India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Linna Palmqvist; [2007]
    Keywords : economic development; India; Corporate Social Responsibility CSR ; new institutional economics; international corporations; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The interest in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), which recognizes that companies have obligations that extend beyond short-run profit maximization to include notions of social and environmental concern, has increased considerably in recent decades. The globalization of the world economy and the related trade liberalization has brought forward a discussion of the importance of business as an actor in the development of society. READ MORE