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

Linda. Mayoux

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

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

Keywords: womens empowerment; women; microfinance; access to credit.; low income.; poverty alleviation; development aid; nongovernmental organization; savings and credit club; saving; case study; autonomisation des femmes; femmes; microfinance; accès au crédit; faible revenu; lutte contre la pauvreté; aide au développement; organisation non gouvernementale; groupement d'épargne et de crédit; épargne; étude de cas; potenciación de las mujeres; mujeres; microfinanciamiento; acceso a créditos; bajos ingresos; lucha contra la pobreza; ayuda al desarrollo; organización no gubernamental; grupo de ahorro y crédito; ahorro; estudio de casos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 77 pages
Date: 2000
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (17)

Published in Working paper series, Employment sector.

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.ilo.org/public/libdoc/ilo/2000/100B09_285_engl.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ilo:ilowps:993441343402676

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Vesa Sivunen ().