Socio-Economic Impacts of JEEViKA: A Large-Scale Self-Help Group Project in Bihar, India

World Development

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-18

  Datta, Upamanyu ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (India)

Author keywords

Community driven development; Debt portfolio; Propensity score matching; Self help groups; Women's empowerment

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DEBT; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; EMPOWERMENT; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SELF HELP; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; WOMENS STATUS;

BIHAR; INDIA;

EID: 84912076880     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.11.013     Document Type: Article

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