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Micro-finance and the empowerment of women : a review of the key issues

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  • Mayoux, Linda.

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Reviews the evidence about the link between access to microfinance and women's empowerment.

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  • Mayoux, Linda., 2000. "Micro-finance and the empowerment of women : a review of the key issues," ILO Working Papers 993441343402676, International Labour Organization.
  • Handle: RePEc:ilo:ilowps:993441343402676
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    1. Helen M. Haugh & Alka Talwar, 2016. "Linking Social Entrepreneurship and Social Change: The Mediating Role of Empowerment," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 133(4), pages 643-658, February.
    2. Rolando Gonzales & Gabriela Aguilera-Lizarazu & Andrea Rojas-Hosse & Patricia Aranda, 2016. "Preference for women but less preference for indigenous women: A lab-field experiment of loan discrimination in a developing economy," Working Papers PIERI 2016-24, PEP-PIERI.
    3. Mayoux, Linda., 2001. "Jobs, gender and small enterprises : getting the policy environment right," ILO Working Papers 993467093402676, International Labour Organization.
    4. Tanima, Farzana Aman & Brown, Judy & Dillard, Jesse, 2020. "Surfacing the political: Women’s empowerment, microfinance, critical dialogic accounting and accountability," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    5. Muhammad Tariq & Abdur Rehman Aleemi & Dr.Athar Iqbal, 2015. "Investigating The Role Of Micro Finance On Economic And Social Development Of People: A Case Study Of Rural Areas Of Sind, Pakistan," IBT Journal of Business Studies (JBS), Ilma University, Faculty of Management Science, vol. 11(2), pages 182-199.
    6. Muhammad Tariq & Abdur Rehman Aleemi & Dr. Athar Iqbal, 2015. "Investigating The Role Of Micro Finance On Economic And Social Development Of People: A Case Study Of Rural Areas Of Sind, Pakistan," IBT Journal of Business Studies (JBS), Ilma University, Faculty of Management Science, vol. 11(2), pages 11-14.
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    8. Lucy Scott, 2012. "Contested Relationships: Women’s Economic and Social Empowerment, Insights from the Transfer of Material Assets in Bangladesh," Working Papers id:4705, eSocialSciences.
    9. Dahoun, Dieudonné Bleossi & Manlan, Olivier & Vodonou, Cosme & Mongan, Saint-Martin & Mededji, Damien & Alofa, Janvier P., 2013. "Microcrédit, pauvreté et autonomisation des femmes au Bénin," PEP Working Papers 160426, Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP).
    10. Prasheela Karan & Jung-Sook Lee & Richard Hugman, 2021. "Combatting Gender Oppression: Applying Intersectionality in Microfinance Self-help Groups," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 33(6), pages 1649-1665, December.
    11. Jennifer López-Martínez & Lorena Álvarez-Flores & José Cupertino Pérez-Murillo, 2020. "Equidad de género en las pequeñas y medianas empresas del Valle de San Quintín, B.C," Revista de Investigación en Ciencias Contables y Administrativas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Facultad de Contaduría y Ciencias Administrativas, vol. 6(1), pages 49-72, December.
    12. Gonzales Martinez, Rolando & D’Espallier, Bert & Mersland, Roy, 2021. "Bifurcations in business profitability: An agent-based simulation of homophily in self-financing groups," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 129(C), pages 495-514.
    13. ABEDIN Mohammad Zoynul & MOULA Fahmida, 2013. "Women Empowerment Through Micro Credit: A Case Study Of Dinajpur, Bangladesh," Studies in Business and Economics, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 8(2), pages 5-19, August.
    14. Dieudonné Bleossi Dahoun & Olivier Manlan & Cosme Vodonou & Saint-Martin Mongan & Damien Mededji & Janvier P. Alofa, 2013. "Microcrédit, pauvreté et autonomisation des femmes au Bénin," Working Papers PMMA 2013-13, PEP-PMMA.
    15. Jinnat Ara & Dipanwita Sarkar, 2021. "Customized Credit Transfer and Women Empowerment: Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials in Bangladesh," QuBE Working Papers 062, QUT Business School.
    16. Ströh de Martínez, Christiane & Feddersen, Marietta & Speicher, Anna, 2016. "Food security in sub-Saharan Africa: a fresh look on agricultural mechanisation. How adapted financial solutions can make a difference," IDOS Studies, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), volume 91, number 91.
    17. Jennifer López-Martínez & Lorena Álvarez-Flores & José Cupertino Pérez-Murillo, 2020. "Equidad de género en las pequeñas y medianas empresas del Valle de San Quintín, B.C," Revista de Investigación en Ciencias Contables y Administrativas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Facultad de Contaduría y Ciencias Administrativas, vol. 6(1), pages 49-72, December.

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