This study explores the impact of microcredits on the economic, educational, and empowerment levels of women from the Bolivian high plains who had acquired microcredits for over three years. Primary research was carried out with the help of a major NGO dedicated solely to microcredits. One hundred in-depth personal interviews were conducted by the author in La Paz and El Alto from February to M...

Kadınların işgücüne katılımlarını sağlamaya yönelik son yıllarda giderek yükselen bir yaklaşım olan mikrokrediler, başlangıçta yoksullar ve kırsal kesimde yaşayan kadınlara destek olma amacına hizmet eden düşünce iken zaman içerisinde, kadınların kendi işlerini kurarak ekonomiye katkı sağlamalarının yolunu açmıştır. Öyle ki pek çok kadın, mikrokredi uygulaması sayesinde uygun bütçelerle teminat...

This study was conducted to assess the influence of Village Community Bank (VICOBA) microcredits on women clients economic, social-cultural, political and legal empowerment in Korogwe town, Tanzania. The adopted descriptive explanatory research designs where 4 among 11 wards were selected for survey. applied systematic sampling technique select 128 VICOBA study. SPSS Stata software used enter d...

This impact assessment study of microcredit was conducted by a crossectional data-set drawn from pool 200 samples Puri district India. A structured pre-tested household schedule used to gather information households. The "household" taken as the unit analysis; and comparison between factual counterfactual formed base where statistical means target households were compared with that control acro...

One of the goals of the International Carbon Sequestration Project in South Khorasan Province is to study the sustainability of natural resources, especially in the rehabilitated areas, by reducing the reliance of villagers to the natural resources of the region, creating alternative livelihoods with job empowerment and solving the problems of villagers in the region, especially rural women. Th...

Microcredit scheme is an important poverty alleviation method that facilitates the development of rural communities by creating and developing income-generating activities, especially for low-income women. The present study was aimed to examine the effectiveness of the microcredit fund scheme on the economic empowerment of rural women in Tehran Province, Iran. It was carried out by a survey met...

To date, the study of societal change in social and political psychology has been dominated by an intergroup relations research agenda. But in addition to intergroup dynamics, there are other major pathways to societal change and emancipation, which are almost never systematically considered in psychological research. The distribution of technologies (e.g., “ICT for development”) or money (e.g....