The role of microfinance in women's empowerment : a comparative study of rural & urban groups in India / by Raji Ajwani-Ramchandani.

Delving into the effects of microfinance in both rural and urban communities, this book will be of interest to researchers of women studies, microfinance, and development economics.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Ajwani-Ramchandani, Raji (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
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505 0 |a Front Cover -- The Role of Microfinance in Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Empowerment -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- List of Maps -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Foreword -- Microfinance and Female Empowerment -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- Disparities in Employment Opportunities and Compensation between Men and Women -- Challenges associated with a Globally Integrated Economy: Its Adverse Impact on Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Economic Empowerment. 
505 8 |a Limited Access of Women to Land, Housing and Other Productive ResourcesCollective Bargaining Power -- Access to Basic Infrastructure: Water, Transport, Electricity, etc. -- 2. Rationale for the Study -- 3. Research Questions/Objectives/Hypotheses -- Objectives of the Study -- Research Hypotheses -- 4. Scope and Limitation of the Study -- 5. Structure of the Book -- Chapter 2 Literature Review -- 1. Review of Literature -- 2. Empowerment: Definitions and Perspectives -- 3. Microfinance: As an Enabler of Development Initiatives. 
505 8 |a 4. Impact of Microfinance on Women and Empowerment5. Challenges and Critiques of Microfinance -- Chapter 3 Conceptualising Empowerment: A Theoretical Model -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Life Stages: Needs and Sources of Funds -- 3. Paradigms of Empowerment -- 4. Agency, Resources and Achievements â#x80;#x93; Connection with Empowerment -- 5. Positive and Negative Freedom: Gender and Distribution of Resources -- 6. Research Gap -- Chapter 4 Nationalisation to Demonetisation: An Overview of the Indian Banking Sector -- 1. Introduction. 
505 8 |a 2. Access to Finance: Concepts of Financial Inclusion and ExclusionCauses of Financial Exclusion -- Factors Affecting Access to Financial Services -- Consequences of Financial Exclusion -- Individual Level -- Community /Societal Level -- Impact on Banks -- 3. The Indian Banking Scenario -- Stage 1: From Independence up to the Nationalisation of Banks -- Stage 2: Post-Nationalisation (A Thrust towards Social Banking) (1969â#x80;#x93;1990) -- Stage 3: Post-Reforms Period (Opening Up of the Indian Banking Sector) (Early 1990s to end 1990s) 
505 8 |a Stage 4: Fixing the Gaps after Banking Reforms (Mid-2000 to 2014)4. Post-2014 (Modi Era and Demonetisation) -- Chapter 5 Microfinance in India â#x80;#x93; The Self-Help Group Federation and Joint Liability Models -- 1. Microfinance â#x80;#x93; The Paradigm -- Status of Microfinance in India -- 2. SHG-Bank Linkage Programmes -- About SHGs: Composition and Structure -- Different Types of SHG Models -- 3. MFI-Bank Linkage Programmes -- 4. Joint Liability Groups -- Criteria for Membership into JLGs -- Region-wise Trends of JLGs in India -- Chapter 6 Data and Methods. 
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