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Scaling up Kudumbashree collective action for poverty alleviation and women's empowerment

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  • Kadiyala, Suneetha

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"This paper discusses the factors that enabled and constrained the scaling up of a multisectoral poverty alleviation program called Kudumbashree, initiated by the government of Kerala (GOK), India, in 1998 to eradicate poverty by 2008. It also discusses some potential threats to and trade-offs of scaling up Kudumbashree. This report draws primarily upon the available literature and qualitative data collected during a five-day visit to Kudumbashree in March 2003....Our findings show that an enabling environment, especially decentralization and the concurrent devolution of finances to the local government bodies (LGBs), was critical in scaling up Kudumbashree. The CDS structures are now considered as a further step to decentralization. As the CDS structures are affiliated to the LGBs, their financial sustainability is ensured through various modalities, e.g., convergence, women's component plan, and earmarked assistance to women's self-help groups (SHG). The unique context of Kerala, coupled with leadership of a few motivated and innovative officials, was key in both the decentralization and scaling-up process." Authors' Abstract

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  • Kadiyala, Suneetha, 2004. "Scaling up Kudumbashree collective action for poverty alleviation and women's empowerment," FCND briefs 180, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:fpr:fcndbr:180
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    1. J. Devika, 2016. "The ‘Kudumbashree Woman’ and the Kerala Model Woman: Women and Politics in Contemporary Kerala," Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Centre for Women's Development Studies, vol. 23(3), pages 393-414, October.
    2. N. Rajagopal, 2020. "Social Impact of Women SHGs: A Study of NHGs of ‘Kudumbashree’ in Kerala," Management and Labour Studies, XLRI Jamshedpur, School of Business Management & Human Resources, vol. 45(3), pages 317-336, August.
    3. Jun Goto, 2013. "The Impacts of Self-Help Group Programs: Experimental and Survey Evidence from South India," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 33(4), pages 2874-2889.
    4. Bhoola Sheetal & Chetty Dasarath & Chathukulam Jos & Ngcobo Nolwazi & Moolakkattu John, 2024. "Women's Social Capital and Social Cohesion in Kerala: The Case of Kudumbashree," Journal of Economic and Social Development, Clinical Journals Press, vol. 11(02), pages 01-12.
    5. Suma Scaria, 2014. "A Dictated Space? Women and Their Well-being in a Kerala Village," Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Centre for Women's Development Studies, vol. 21(3), pages 421-449, October.

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