Microcredit and Women's Empowerment: A Case Study of Bangladesh

by Aminul Faraizi, Taskinur Rahman, Jim McAllister

Book Overview

Using a case study of Bangladesh, and based on a long term participatory observation method, this book investigates claims of the success of microcredit, as well as the critiques of it, in the context of women's empowerment. It confronts the distinction between women's increasing wealth as a consequence of the success of microcredit programmes and their apparent non-commensurate empowerment, looking at two organisations (the Grameen Bank and the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415584906
• ISBN13: 9780415584906
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"