From Credit to Collective Action: The Role of Microfinance in Promoting Women's Social Capital and Normative Influence

By P. Sanyal. 2009

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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Women Empowerment Through Microfinance: Empirical Evidence from Ghana (2017, background): “Contemporary studies on the impact of microfinance on women empowerment acknowledges five main dimensions of women empowerment resulting from their participation in microfinance programs: economic, social, political, legal and psychological empowerment of which economic and social empowerment are th”
Microlending in emerging economies: Building a new line of inquiry from the ground up (2011, background): “Our approach is timely, because there is substantial disagreement as to whether microlending delivers on its promises (Armendariz de Aghion & Morduch, 2005; Cull et al., 2007; Hermes & Lensink, 2007; Ito, 2003; Karlan & Zinman, 2010; Khavul, 2010; Morduch, 1999; Roodman & Morduch, 2009; Sanyal, 2009”
Microfinance: Creating Opportunities for the Poor? (2010, background): “As a result of securing the loan women may gain social and economic self-reliance, influence, and control over resources (Sanyal, 2009).”
How does microfinance enhance entrepreneurial outcomes in emerging economies? The mediating mechanisms of psychological and social capital (2014, background): “Indeed, the link between microfinance provision and social capital has obtained some degree of support from recent studies (Feigenburg et al., 2010; Mosley et al., 2004; Sanyal, 2009).”
IS MICROCREDIT A BLESSING FOR THE POOR? A META-ANALYSIS (2015, background): “Especially in traditional societies where their mobility and market participation are extremely constrained, the activities they engage in due to MC have the potential to improve their status in their families and communities (Sanyal, 2009).”
An institutional logics approach to social entrepreneurship: Market logic, religious diversity, and resource acquisition by microfinance organizations (2016, background): “…lending to poor women, such as more investment in health and education especially for girls (Blumberg, 1989; Duflo, 2012), more contraceptive usage (Rahman and DaVanzo, 1997), and higher social capital and perceptions of self-efficacy among female clients (Sanyal, 2009; Swain and Wallentin, 2009).”