Comparative Study of Effects of Self Help Groups on Women Empowerment- A Case Study of JEEViKA

Naveen Kumar and Atul Kumar

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Abstract: Self-help groups (SHGs) were originally formed to provide savings and loans, but their function has evolved to include strengthening governance and tackling social concerns such as gender and caste discrimination. Low-cost credit to the poor through SHGs has been hailed as a significant poverty reduction tool in developing nations, although there is no evidence of its effectiveness. This paper, using primary survey data, compares the changes in different socio-economic factors of SHG women and non-SHG women. Three main dimensions have been assessed in this paper i.e. loan size, savings pattern, and women empowerment. We found that SHG women have higher scores in the average women empowerment index than women with no exposure to SHGs. SHG women on average use more loans for business purposes than non-SHG women.

Date: 2022-02-28
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