Public Good Provision in Indian Rural Areas : The Returns to Collective Action by Microfinance Groups
Self-help groups (SHGs) are the most common form of microfinance in India. We provide evidence that SHGs, composed of women only, undertake collective actions for the provision of public goods within village communities. Using a theoretical model, we show that an elected official, whose aim is to ma...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30130 |