Women empowerment and micro finance: Case study from Kerala

Dhanya M B () and P Sivakumar

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Abstract: The subject of micro-finance is considered as significant and emerging trend in the present scenario for the empowerment of women. Micro finance programmes are promoted as an important strategy for women’s empowerment. Micro finance builds mutual trust and confidence between bankers and rural poor to encourage banking in a segment of population where formal financial institutions usually find difficult to reach. The present paper examines the economic impact of micro finance beneficiaries and whether the economic empowerment has resulted in the generation of a set of self reliant women. The Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala State was selected for the case study. The survey shows about the positive impact of the development programme of Kudumbashree, a micro financial institution in Kerala, India.

Keywords: women; empowerment; micro; finance; poverty. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 I32 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-09-23
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