Micro-Credit, Poverty and Empowerment

Linking the Triad

• Author(s): Neera Burra, Joy Deshmukh-Ranadive, Ranjani K Murthy,
• Publisher: SAGE
• Pages: 369
• ISBN_10: 0761933662
  ISBN_13: 9780761933663
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development , Political Science / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) ,

Description:... Micro-credit, or the making available of small amounts of credit to the poor, is seen as a vital tool for poverty alleviation and women's empowerment in developing societies. This volume examines micro-credit interventions made in India and provides valuable insights into: the role of social mobilization in reducing poverty; the working of community banking programmes at the village level; the efforts to create space for women to carry out credit and savings transactions; the process of empowerment through the formation of women's groups; and the improvement of women's lives through savings and credit activity.