Does microfinance empower women? Evidence from self‐help groups in India

By R. B. Swain, F. Wallentin. 2009

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research, Economics & Operations Research, Social Sciences & Humanities

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Re-imagining Algorithmic Fairness in India and Beyond (2021, background): “models imagined middle-class men as end-users—even with many microfinance studies showing that women have high loan repayment rates [69, 198].”
Can self-help group programs improve women’s empowerment? A systematic review (2017, background): “The majority of the included studies focused on South Asia (Ahmed 2005; Bali Swain and Wallentin 2009; Banerjee et al. 2015; De Hoop et al. 2014; Deininger and Liu 2013; Desai and Joshi 2012; Garikipati 2008; Garikipati 2012; Holvoet 2005; Husain, Mukherjee, and Dutta 2010; Mahmud 1994; Mukherjee…”
Systematic Review. What is the evidence of the impact of microfinance on the well-being of poor people? (2011, background): “credit & savings) USAID (India) Swain and Wallentin (2009) Zaman (1999)”
Empowering Women through Microfinance: Evidence from Tanzania (2013, background): “The argument behind Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) targeting women is that, women are good credit risk, are less likely to misuse the loan, and are more likely to share the benefits with others in their household, especially their children (Garikipati, 2008; Swain & Wallentin, 2009).”
Empowering Women Through Financial Inclusion: A Study of Urban Slum (2019, background): “Estimation of women empowerment is another glitch as it cannot be straightforwardly observed and has numerous features (Beteta, 2006; Mason, 2005; Swain & Wallentin, 2009).”
Economic Self-Help group Programs for Improving Women's Empowerment: A Systematic Review (2015, methodology): “Bali Swain, R. B. & Wallentin, F. Y. (2009).”
Microcredit and Women’s Empowerment: Through the Lens of Time Use Data from Rural India (2012, unknown): “Swain and Wallentin (2009) compare SHG-clients with non-clients from five states and find that while both groups became more empowered over time, the change for SHG women was significant.”
Gender and the Business Environment for New Firm Creation (2011, background): “See Rose (1992), Chen (1996), Simel (2001), ILO and Commonwealth Secretariat (2003), ILO/AfDB (2004), Isern and Porteous (2005), Dessy and Ewoudou (2006), Karlan and Valdivia (2006), Sievers and Vandenberg (2007), Pande and others (2007), Swain and Wallentin (2009), and Kuhn-Fraioli (forthcoming).”
An institutional logics approach to social entrepreneurship: Market logic, religious diversity, and resource acquisition by microfinance organizations (2016, unknown): “651E.Y. Zhao, M. Lounsbury / Journal of Business Venturing 31 (2016) 643–662 2013; Tchuigoua, 2014).”