TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burra,Neera
AU  - Deshmukh-Ranadive,Joy
AU  - Murthy,Ranjani K.
TI  - Micro-credit, poverty and empowerment: linking the triad 
SN  - 8178295091
AV  - HQ1240.5.I4 M53 2005
U1  - 332 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New Delhi, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Women in development
KW  - India
KW  - Women
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Microfinance
KW  - Non-governmental organizations
N1  - "ICICI social intiatives.org; UNDP."; Includes bibliographical references and index; TOC; Introduction : linking the triad / Joy Deshmukh-Ranadive and Ranjani K. Murthy --
Towards women's empowerment and poverty reduction : lessons from the Andhra Pradesh South Asia Poverty Alleviation Programme / Ranjani K. Murthy, K. Raju and Amitha Kamath with research team --
Micro-credit and women's empowerment : a case study of SHARE Micro-finance Limited / Anuradha Rajivan --
Social mobilization and micro-credit for women's empowerment : a study of the DHAN Foundation / Veena Padia --
Awareness, access, agency : experiences of Swayam Shikshan Prayog in micro-finance and women's empowerment / Soma Kishore Parthasarathy --
Micro-credit and women's empowerment : the Lokadrusti case / Shashi Rajagopalan --
Social mobilization and micro-finance for womens' empowerment : lessons from ASA Trust / Kalpana Sankar --
Conclusion : analysing the link / Ranjani K. Murthy and Joy Deshmukh-Ranadive.and women's empowerment : a case study of SHARE Micro-finance Limited / Anuradha Rajivan -- Social mobilization and micro-credit for women's empowerment : a study of the DHAN Foundation / Veena Padia -- Awareness, access, agency : experiences of Swayam Shikshan Prayog in micro-finance and women's empowerment / Soma Kishore Parthasarathy -- Micro-credit and women's empowerment : the Lokadrusti case / Shashi Rajagopalan -- Social mobilization and micro-finance for womens' empowerment : lessons from ASA Trust / Kalpana Sankar -- Conclusion : analysing the link / Ranjani K. Murthy and Joy Deshmukh-Ranadive; BA
N2  - Summary:
Two persistent problems that affect a significant portion of Indian women are poverty and violation of their human rights. In recent years, micro-credit has come to be viewed as a vital tool to ameliorate both conditions. However, there are few studies in the Indian context which test the validity of the assumption that there is a linear link between micro-credit, poverty reduction and womens̀ empowerment. This important and thought provoking volume brings together revealing case studies of micro-credit interventions made by six non-governmental and quasi-governmental bodies in five states of
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