Women's Entrepreneurship and Microfinance
This book offers a critical perspective on the issues related to women’s empowerment, microfinance, and entrepreneurship in India. Written by distinguishing experts in this field, this book highlights women’s empowerment, which is a process of entrusting
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men's Entrepreneurship and Microfinance
Women’s Entrepreneurship and Microfinance
Chiranjib Neogi Amit Kumar Bhandari Sudipto Ghosh •
Editors
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Editors Chiranjib Neogi Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata, West Bengal India
Sudipto Ghosh Government of West Bengal Kalyani, West Bengal India
Amit Kumar Bhandari Rishi Bankim Chandra Evening College Naihati, West Bengal India
ISBN 978-981-10-4267-6 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-4268-3
ISBN 978-981-10-4268-3
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Foreword
This volume, edited by Neogi, Bhandari, and Ghosh, fills a long-standing gap in the literature on gender issues in development in terms of the impact of microfinance institutions and other public programs, such as MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) and NRLM (National Rural Livelihood Mission) programmes, on women empowerment. The nation at large continues to suffer because women do not enjoy the freedom of choice and privileges that are supposed to be available to all citizens of the country. Several public programs and institutions, such as microfinance, explicitly and implicitly target to improve the ability of women to function in an economy that boasts of being the fastest growing in the world. Chapters in the volume apply modern techniques, rigorous empirical evidence, and well-framed hypotheses to look deeper into the policy impact for the country and specifically for West Bengal. We often forget a critical point that policy makers need to be
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