Sustainable Learning for Women's Empowerment: Ways Forward in Micro-economics
- ISBN-10
- 8187374187
- ISBN-13
- 9788187374183
- Category
- Microfinance
- Pages
- 327
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Author
- Linda Mayoux
Description
Micro Finance Programmers Targeting Women Became A Major Plank Of Donor Poverty Alleviation Strategies In The 1990S And Funding Is Set To Further Increase In This Century Under Initiative By Cgap And Member Donor Agencies. Literature Prepared For The Micro-Credit Summit In Washington In February 1997 And Many Donor Statements On Credits And Ngo Funding Proposals Present An Extremely Attractive Vision Of Increasing Numbers Of Expanding, Financially Self-Sustainable Microfinance Programmes Reaching Large Numbers Of Women Borrowers. Through Their Contribution To Women S Ability To Earn, These Programmes Are Assumed To Initiate A Series Of Virtuous Spirals Of Economic Empowerment, Increased Well-Being For Women And Their Families And Wider Social And Political Empowerment.
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