Microfinance and women's empowerment: A lesson from India

Development in Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 575-588

  Leach, Fiona ^a   Sitaram, Shashikala ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTE SYSTEM; EMPOWERMENT; MICROFINANCE; WOMENS STATUS;

INDIA;

EID: 0036863433     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0961452022000017597     Document Type: Article

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