A breakthrough in women's bargaining power: the impact of microcredit

Lutfun N. Khan Osmani
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Lutfun N. Khan Osmani: School of Management and Economics, The Queen's University of Belfast, UK, Postal: School of Management and Economics, The Queen's University of Belfast, UK

Journal of International Development, 2007, vol. 19, issue 5, 695-716

Abstract: This paper attempts to test empirically whether access to micro-credit can help poor rural women to improve their bargaining power within the household. The empirical measures of women's bargaining power, or empowerment, used in this paper are underpinned by a bargaining model of the household. By using survey data on the borrowers of the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh and by adopting a methodology that allows for the possibility of self-selection, this study shows that targeted micro-credit can have a significantly positive effect on women's bargaining power within the household. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1002/jid.1356

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