Essays about: "Microfinance and women empowerment in India"

Found 4 essays containing the words Microfinance and women empowerment in 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. Water management and water availability in a subwatershed,Tamil Nadu, India

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

   Author : Marie Nordh Hagberg; [2012]
   Keywords : Rainwater harvesting; watershed management; Tamil Nadu;

   Abstract : India is a country with progressing technical and economical development, but the development is not evenly distributed. Farmers in the Indian rural areas are struggling. There are worries that climate changes could have a negative impact on agriculture. READ MORE

4. 3. 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

5. 4. The Effect of Microfinance on the Empowerment of Women and its Societal Consequences : A study of women self-help group members in Andhra Pradesh

   University essay from Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Knut-Erland Berglund; [2007]
   Keywords : microfinance; India; Andhra Pradesh; empowerment; gender;

   Abstract : Microfinance and micro-credit practices have become a popular means of local development. In India, their expansion has been largest in Andhra Pradesh. These practices target primarily women, who are encouraged to construct self-help-groups in order to have a social basis for raising collateral and for receiving financial services. READ MORE