Can microfinance-backed entrepreneurship be a holistic empowerment tool for women? Empirical evidence from Kashmir Valley, India

ST Khan, MA Bhat, MUD Sangmi - Journal of Business and Socio …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This study investigates the effectiveness of microfinance-backed entrepreneurship
as a mechanism for the holistic empowerment of women. Design/methodology/approach …

Does social capital promote sustainable livelihood? Mediating effect of women entrepreneurship

J Mahato, MK Jha - International Journal of Sociology and Social …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The present study investigates the role of social capital in promoting sustainable
livelihood amongst indigenous women in India. The study further analyses the mediation …

Contribution of self-help groups in addressing several development issues in India: a systematic review of literature

J Yadav, R Kaur, S Mishra - International Journal of …, 2024 - inderscienceonline.com
Microfinance is widely accepted as an important tool for alleviating poverty. Self-help group
(SHG) programme has emerged as the primary source of microfinance that deals with a …

Socio-economic empowerment of women through micro-entrepreneurship: Evidence from Odisha, India

AK Senapati, K Ojha - International Journal of Rural …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Micro, small and medium enterprises play a pivotal role in the country which can contribute
to women empowerment providing them employment opportunity. It is a key force in …

Women's self-help groups and COVID-19 pandemic: Resilience and sustenance

T Mahato, MK Jha - … in Developing Economies: Converging People, Profit …, 2022 - Springer
The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has caused extreme threat and fatalities across
the globe. India suffered enormously being the largest populous country after China …

Factors influencing micro-entrepreneurship among women SHG members of Sikkim: a propensity score matching approach

S Prasad, M Choubey - International Journal of Social Economics, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The paper identifies the influence of socio-economic factors and livelihood training
in stimulating micro-entrepreneurship among women self-help group (SHG) members …

Measuring women's self-help group sustainability: a study of rural Assam

T Das, P Guha - International Journal of Rural Management, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The Self-help Group Bank Linkage Programme (SHG-BLP) is now a major global
microfinance programme in India with 8.7 million SHGs with deposit of over195,000 million …

Do socially motivated self‐help groups perform better? Exploring determinants of micro‐credit groups' performance in Eastern India

A Pal, PK Singh - Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Group‐based micro‐credit initiatives, as part of the broader social and solidarity‐based
finance initiatives, have gained prominence over the past decade, especially in developing …

The role of social capital in developing sustainable micro-entrepreneurship among rural women in India: a theoretical framework

J Mahato, MK Jha, S Verma - International Journal of …, 2022 - periodicos.uninove.br
Objective of the Study: To analyze the role of social capital in developing sustainable micro-
entrepreneurship among rural women. In addition, it also interprets the conceptual …

[PDF][PDF] Impact of microfinance on poor women: Lessons from North Gujarat

R Patel, M Patel, N Patel - Prabandhan: Indian Journal of …, 2018 - academia.edu
Today, microfinance is considered as one the important financial services in many countries.
Microfinance is preferred to alleviate poverty. It empowers women and uplifts their standard …