Does Micro-Credit Empower Women : Evidence from Bangladesh

Does Micro-Credit Empower Women : Evidence from Bangladesh

This paper examines the effects of men's and women's participation in group-based micro-credit programs on a large set of qualitative responses to questions that characterize women's autonomy and gender relations within the household...

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Main Authors: Pitt, Mark M., Khandker, Shahidur R., Cartwright, Jennifer
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
AUTONOMY
BIRTH CONTROL
CHANGE IN DEMAND
COMMUNITIES
CULTIVABLE LAND
DECISION MAKING
ECONOMIC RESOURCES
ECONOMISTS
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
EMPLOYMENT
EXOGAMY
EXOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXPECTED VALUE
FAMILY PLANNING
FEMALES
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
GENDER
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GIRLS
HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSING
HUMAN BEHAVIOR
INCOME
INCOME EFFECT
INJURIES
LAND OWNERSHIP
LANDOWNERSHIP
MOBILITY
NORMS
NUTRITION
PARENTING
PARENTS
PATRIARCHY
POSITIVE EFFECTS
POWER
RELATIVE VALUE
RELIGION
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SAFETY
SAVINGS
SIBLINGS
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SOCIETY
SUBSTITUTION EFFECT
UTILITY FUNCTIONS
VILLAGES
WEALTH
WELFARE FUNCTION MICRO-CREDIT PROGRAMS
ACCESS TO CREDIT
WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT
EMPOWERMENT
WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION
WOMEN'S ROLE
HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT
CREDIT PROGRAMS
ATTITUDES
WIFE ABUSE
BIAS (ECONOMICS)
ACTIVISM
MICRO-CREDIT PROGRAMS
WELFARE FUNCTION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2183610/micro-credit-empower-women-evidence-bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19162

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2183610/micro-credit-empower-women-evidence-bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19162

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