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Women at the center: grameen bank borrowers after one decade

By:

Todd, Helen

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: The University Press Limited Bangladesh 1996Description: xviii, 251 p. 22 cm ; BindISBN:

978-9840513770

Subject(s):

Sociology Rural women Bangladesh Bank Loan

DDC classification:

305.4205492 TOD

Contents:

1. The Bank in the Village -- 2. What Credit Can Do: Women's Contribution -- 3. Wives and Partners -- 4. Taka Talks: Centrality in the Household -- 5. Strategies for Survival -- 6. Still Poor: Disaster and Dependency -- 7. Women on Their Own -- 8. Group and Center: Solidarity and Self-Interest -- 9. Centered on the Children -

Summary: For two decades, the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh has successfully administered a unique program that lends small sums to poor women for income generation. This is the first empirical study to examine the long-term influence of these loans on the borrowers, and it demonstrates that credit alone can fundamentally change the lives of poor women - even in the absence of other aid programs and in an environment distinctly

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	GSB Collection	305.4205492 TOD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		40043

Gratis Received from Delnet

1. The Bank in the Village --
2. What Credit Can Do: Women's Contribution --
3. Wives and Partners --
4. Taka Talks: Centrality in the Household --
5. Strategies for Survival --
6. Still Poor: Disaster and Dependency --
7. Women on Their Own --
8. Group and Center: Solidarity and Self-Interest --
9. Centered on the Children -

For two decades, the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh has successfully administered a unique program that lends small sums to poor women for income generation. This is the first empirical study to examine the long-term influence of these loans on the borrowers, and it demonstrates that credit alone can fundamentally change the lives of poor women - even in the absence of other aid programs and in an environment distinctly

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