000			01242nam a2200169Ia 4500
020			_a978-9840513770
082			_a305.4205492 TOD
100			_aTodd, Helen
245			_aWomen at the center: grameen bank borrowers after one decade
260			_bThe University Press Limited _aBangladesh _c1996
300			_axviii, 251 p. _b22 cm ; Bind
500			_aGratis Received from Delnet
505			_a1. 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 -
520			_a 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
650			_aSociology _aRural women _aBangladesh _aBank Loan
942			_cBK
999			_c98413 _d98413