Women, Employment and Exclusion
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0855983647
ISBN-13
9780855983642
Publisher
Oxfam Publishing
Imprint
Oxfam Professional
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 15th, 1996
Print length
72 Pages
Weight
183 grams
Dimensions
24.10 x 18.30 x 0.50 cms
Product Classification:
Social discrimination & inequalityGender studies: womenSociology: work & labourLabour economics
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This text compares the effectiveness of approaches in aiding poverty reduction. The provision of credit and other financial services has become seen as the answer to the problem facing poor people. It emphasizes the importance of studying the local context, and then considering macro-economic factors which may be operating upon the economy.
Considering various types of finance schemes, this text compares the effectiveness of various approaches in aiding poverty reduction. The provision of credit and other financial services has become increasingly seen as the answer to the problem facing poor people. Microfinance interventions have the capacity to increase incomes, contribute to individual and household security, and change social relations for the better. However, it may not be assumed, argue the authors, that they will do so and it may often be more effective in terms of poverty reduction to combine credit provision with other development activities. The book emphasizes the importance of first studying the local context, and then considering the macro-economic factors which may be operating upon the economy of a particular country. Five extended case studies
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