Does Micro-Credit Empower Women : Evidence from Bangladesh
This 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...
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okr-10986-191622021-04-23T14:03:42Z Does Micro-Credit Empower Women : Evidence from Bangladesh Pitt, Mark M. Khandker, Shahidur R. Cartwright, Jennifer AUTONOMY BIRTH CONTROL CHANGE IN DEMAND COMMUNITIES CULTIVABLE LAND DECISION MAKING ECONOMIC RESOURCES ECONOMISTS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPLOYMENT EXOGAMY EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPECTED VALUE FAMILY PLANNING FEMALES FINANCIAL RESOURCES GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GIRLS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN BEHAVIOR INCOME INCOME EFFECT INJURIES LAND OWNERSHIP LANDOWNERSHIP MOBILITY NORMS NUTRITION PARENTING PARENTS PATRIARCHY POSITIVE EFFECTS POWER RELATIVE VALUE RELIGION RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SAVINGS SIBLINGS SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIETY SUBSTITUTION EFFECT UTILITY FUNCTIONS VILLAGES WEALTH WELFARE FUNCTION MICRO-CREDIT PROGRAMS ACCESS TO CREDIT WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT EMPOWERMENT WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION WOMEN'S ROLE HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT CREDIT PROGRAMS DECISION MAKING SOCIAL NETWORKS FAMILY PLANNING ATTITUDES WIFE ABUSE BIAS (ECONOMICS) ACTIVISM MICRO-CREDIT PROGRAMS WELFARE FUNCTION This 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. 2014-07-31T22:21:39Z 2014-07-31T22:21:39Z 2003-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2183610/micro-credit-empower-women-evidence-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19162 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2998 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Bangladesh |
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AUTONOMY BIRTH CONTROL CHANGE IN DEMAND COMMUNITIES CULTIVABLE LAND DECISION MAKING ECONOMIC RESOURCES ECONOMISTS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPLOYMENT EXOGAMY EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPECTED VALUE FAMILY PLANNING FEMALES FINANCIAL RESOURCES GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GIRLS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN BEHAVIOR INCOME INCOME EFFECT INJURIES LAND OWNERSHIP LANDOWNERSHIP MOBILITY NORMS NUTRITION PARENTING PARENTS PATRIARCHY POSITIVE EFFECTS POWER RELATIVE VALUE RELIGION RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SAVINGS SIBLINGS SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIETY SUBSTITUTION EFFECT UTILITY FUNCTIONS VILLAGES WEALTH WELFARE FUNCTION MICRO-CREDIT PROGRAMS ACCESS TO CREDIT WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT EMPOWERMENT WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION WOMEN'S ROLE HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT CREDIT PROGRAMS DECISION MAKING SOCIAL NETWORKS FAMILY PLANNING ATTITUDES WIFE ABUSE BIAS (ECONOMICS) ACTIVISM MICRO-CREDIT PROGRAMS WELFARE FUNCTION |
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AUTONOMY BIRTH CONTROL CHANGE IN DEMAND COMMUNITIES CULTIVABLE LAND DECISION MAKING ECONOMIC RESOURCES ECONOMISTS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPLOYMENT EXOGAMY EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPECTED VALUE FAMILY PLANNING FEMALES FINANCIAL RESOURCES GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GIRLS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN BEHAVIOR INCOME INCOME EFFECT INJURIES LAND OWNERSHIP LANDOWNERSHIP MOBILITY NORMS NUTRITION PARENTING PARENTS PATRIARCHY POSITIVE EFFECTS POWER RELATIVE VALUE RELIGION RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SAVINGS SIBLINGS SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIETY SUBSTITUTION EFFECT UTILITY FUNCTIONS VILLAGES WEALTH WELFARE FUNCTION MICRO-CREDIT PROGRAMS ACCESS TO CREDIT WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT EMPOWERMENT WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION WOMEN'S ROLE HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT CREDIT PROGRAMS DECISION MAKING SOCIAL NETWORKS FAMILY PLANNING ATTITUDES WIFE ABUSE BIAS (ECONOMICS) ACTIVISM MICRO-CREDIT PROGRAMS WELFARE FUNCTION Pitt, Mark M. Khandker, Shahidur R. Cartwright, Jennifer Does Micro-Credit Empower Women : Evidence from Bangladesh |
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This 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. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Pitt, Mark M. Khandker, Shahidur R. Cartwright, Jennifer |
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Pitt, Mark M. Khandker, Shahidur R. Cartwright, Jennifer |
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Pitt, Mark M. |
| title |
Does Micro-Credit Empower Women : Evidence from Bangladesh |
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Does Micro-Credit Empower Women : Evidence from Bangladesh |
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Does Micro-Credit Empower Women : Evidence from Bangladesh |
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Does Micro-Credit Empower Women : Evidence from Bangladesh |
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Does Micro-Credit Empower Women : Evidence from Bangladesh |
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does micro-credit empower women : evidence from bangladesh |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2183610/micro-credit-empower-women-evidence-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19162 |
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