Author : Lynn Horton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,12 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1108418724
Women and Microfinance in the Global South is a grounded exploration of the intersections of neoliberal ideology and feminism.
Author : Raji Ajwani-Ramchandani
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 28,89 MB
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1787144259
Delving into the effects of microfinance in both rural and urban communities, this book will be of interest to researchers of women studies, microfinance, and development economics.
Author : Isabelle Guérin
Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 12,48 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Microfinance
ISBN :
Contributed papers presented earlier in a conference.
Author : Hameed, Shahul
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 22,89 MB
Release : 2019-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1522560629
Society is continually moving towards global interaction, and nations often contain citizens of numerous cultures and backgrounds. Bi-culturalism incorporates a higher degree of social inclusion in an effort to bring about social justice and change, and it may prove to be an alternative to the existing dogma of mainstream Europe-based hegemonic bodies of knowledge. The Handbook of Research on Indigenous Knowledge and Bi-Culturalism in a Global Context is a collection of innovative studies on the nature of indigenous bodies’ knowledge that incorporates the sacred or spiritual influence across various countries following World War II, while exploring the difficulties faced as society immerses itself in bi-culturalism. While highlighting topics including bi-cultural teaching, Africology, and education empowerment, this book is ideally designed for academicians, urban planners, sociologists, anthropologists, researchers, and professionals seeking current research on validating the growth of indigenous thinking and ideas.
Author : Shahamak Rezaei
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 17,16 MB
Release : 2021-06-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1800713266
The Emerald Handbook of Women and Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies examines women's role in entrepreneurial practices in a range of developing countries and applies unique strategic contextual frameworks to analyse, interpret and understand individual processes, themes and issues.
Author : Chiranjib Neogi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 26,86 MB
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9811042683
This book offers a critical perspective on the issues related to women’s empowerment, microfinance, and entrepreneurship in India. Written by distinguishing experts in this field, this book highlights women’s empowerment, which is a process of entrusting power to an individual on the control over resources and decisions. However, these two factors are less effective in a society where religion and cultural dominance is high. The book sheds light on the social security measures undertaken by the government aiming to the right to work helped women who are bounded by social restrictions. Over time there is a shift in rural occupational structure towards non-farm activities, which is largely distress driven self-employment. Access to credit is a great source to provide self-employment that develops self-esteem among women and uplift their position. The book highlights the discrimination against women entrepreneurs in access to credit led to gender biased entrepreneurial society. Association with self-help groups (SHGs) has made women more socially empowered. SHG members help them to change their life in a positive manner through micro-entrepreneurial activities. The book has emphasized on the role of microfinance, which has served the poor to become financially self-reliant. It is observed that for second generation borrowers, the impact of microfinance seems to fizzle out, where MFIs who are gaining efficiency are diverting their objective of servicing poor, signalling a sign of mission drift.
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Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 15,93 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Agricultural credit
ISBN : 9789289306928
Author : Aminul Faraizi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 27,43 MB
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1136868216
Using a case study of Bangladesh, and based on a long term participatory observation method, this book investigates claims of the success of microcredit, as well as the critiques of it, in the context of women’s empowerment. It confronts the distinction between women’s increasing wealth as a consequence of the success of microcredit programmes and their apparent non-commensurate empowerment, looking at two organisations (the Grameen Bank and the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) as they operate in two localities in rural Bangladesh, in order to discover how enrichment and empowerment are often confused. The book goes on to establish that the well-publicised success stories of the microcredit programme are blown out of proportion, and that the dynamics of collective responsibility for repayment of loans by a group of women borrowers – usually seen to be a tool for the success of microcredit – is in fact no less repressive than traditional debt collectors. This book makes a contribution to development debates; challenging adherents to more closely specify those conditions under which microcredit does indeed have validity, as well as providing insights relevant to South Asian Studies and Development Studies.
Author : Lamia Karim
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,10 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0816670943
The first feminist critique of the much-lauded microcredit process in Bangladesh.
Author : Toseef Azid
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 29,71 MB
Release : 2020-06-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9811212163
The book, Economic Empowerment of Women in the Islamic World, discusses the economic, social, and political rights and status of women in Islam, which is theoretically given by the Islamic Jurisprudence (Shariah law). The chapters in this volume will address historical practices in comparison to the status of women in the contemporary Muslim world. Men and women in Islam, regardless of their age, social class, and education, are equal as citizens and individuals, but not identical in their rights and responsibilities. It can be observed from Islamic history that in the early age of Islam, women were given full confidence, trust, and high responsibilities in leadership, educational guidance, and decision-making.This volume will try to clarify the confusion in the status of the women in Islam that is presented by the media, as it is assumed that theoretical Islamic empowerment of women bears little relation to the real conditions of women in modern Muslim societies. It has been widely claimed in the media that Muslim women suffer more than men in Muslim societies and communities in terms of insecurity, domestic abuse, and low access to education and medical care. It is also stated in the press and media that absence of good governance also results in gender inequality and violation of the rights of Muslim women.This volume also aims to provide the solutions for the empowerment of women in the Islamic world. We assumed that without good governance, the status of women is not likely to improve. Muslim women have the potential to play a fundamental role in curbing corruption, social ills, violence, and crime in the Muslim world. This volume will make the case that in order to achieve stability and prosperity, the government must ensure a platform for women to participate in decision-making and hence benefit from the rights they are accorded in Islam.By covering a range of perspectives on the economic lives of Muslim women around the world, it hopes to shed light on the problems faced and to offer possible solutions to the empowerment of women in the Islamic world.
