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Does Micro-Credit Empower Women : Evidence from Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.authorPitt, Mark M.
dc.contributor.authorKhandker, Shahidur R.
dc.contributor.authorCartwright, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T22:21:39Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T22:21:39Z
dc.date.issued2003-03
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the effects of men's and women's participation in group-based micro-credit programs on a large set of qualitative responses to questions that characterize women's autonomy and gender relations within the household. The data come from a special survey carried out in rural Bangladesh in 1998-99. The results are consistent with the view that women's participation in micro-credit programs helps to increase women's empowerment. Credit program participation leads to women taking a greater role in household decisionmaking, having greater access to financial and economic resources, having greater social networks, having greater bargaining power compared with their husbands, and having greater freedom of mobility. Female credit also tended to increase spousal communication in general about family planning and parenting concerns. The effects of male credit on women's empowerment were, at best, neutral, and at worse, decidedly negative. Male credit had a negative effect on several arenas of women's empowerment, including physical mobility, access to savings and economic resources, and power to manage some household transactions.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2183610/micro-credit-empower-women-evidence-bangladesh
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2998
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19162
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2998
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAUTONOMY
dc.subjectBIRTH CONTROL
dc.subjectCHANGE IN DEMAND
dc.subjectCOMMUNITIES
dc.subjectCULTIVABLE LAND
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectECONOMIC RESOURCES
dc.subjectECONOMISTS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL RESEARCH
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEXOGAMY
dc.subjectEXOGENOUS VARIABLES
dc.subjectEXPECTED VALUE
dc.subjectFAMILY PLANNING
dc.subjectFEMALES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGENDER DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectHUMAN BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME EFFECT
dc.subjectINJURIES
dc.subjectLAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectLANDOWNERSHIP
dc.subjectMOBILITY
dc.subjectNORMS
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPARENTING
dc.subjectPARENTS
dc.subjectPATRIARCHY
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EFFECTS
dc.subjectPOWER
dc.subjectRELATIVE VALUE
dc.subjectRELIGION
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSAFETY
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSIBLINGS
dc.subjectSOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subjectSOCIETY
dc.subjectSUBSTITUTION EFFECT
dc.subjectUTILITY FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.subjectWELFARE FUNCTION MICRO-CREDIT PROGRAMS
dc.subjectACCESS TO CREDIT
dc.subjectWOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT
dc.subjectEMPOWERMENT
dc.subjectWOMEN'S PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectWOMEN'S ROLE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectCREDIT PROGRAMS
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectSOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subjectFAMILY PLANNING
dc.subjectATTITUDES
dc.subjectWIFE ABUSE
dc.subjectBIAS (ECONOMICS)
dc.subjectACTIVISM
dc.subjectMICRO-CREDIT PROGRAMS
dc.subjectWELFARE FUNCTION
dc.titleDoes Micro-Credit Empower Women : Evidence from Bangladeshen
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okr.crossref.titleDoes Micro-Credit Empower Women? Evidence from Bangladesh
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:00:10.398934Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2183610/micro-credit-empower-women-evidence-bangladesh
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid664151468769258075
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2998
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000094946_03040104075225
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum2183610
okr.identifier.reportWPS2998
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryBangladesh
okr.sectorFinance :: General finance sector
okr.topicCulture and Development::Anthropology
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicHousing and Human Habitats
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.unitRural Development, Development Research Group
okr.volume1
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