Perceptions of Empowerment : A Minor Field Study of the Concept Discrepancy between the Dominating Development Discourse and the Reality of Women in Microcredit Groups

The majority of the poor people in the world today are women. Women are not only more poor men, but also more vulnerable to the effects of poverty. The positive benefits of development do not reach women in equal measures to men, and the proportion of women among the poor is constantly increasing. D...

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Main Author: Bragee, Ingrid
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Stockholms universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen 2006
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-6512