Female Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 333-344

  Ashraf, Nava ^a   Karlan, Dean ^b   Yin, Wesley ^c  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

commitment; female empowerment; household decision making; microfinance; savings

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EMPOWERMENT; MARKETING; MICROFINANCE; SAVINGS; WOMENS STATUS;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 75749118979     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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