Microcredit and Women's Empowerment: Through the Lens of Time-Use Data from Rural India

Development and Change

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 719-750

  Garikipati, Supriya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; EMPOWERMENT; FINANCIAL PROVISION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; RURAL AREA; SELF EMPLOYMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 84861210962     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2012.01780.x     Document Type: Article

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