Women At the Center - Grameen Bank Borrowers After One Decade

List of contents

The bank in the village; what credit can do - women's contribution; wives and partners; Taka talks - centrality in the household; strategies for survival; still poor - disaster and dependency; women on their own; group and centre - solidarity and self-interest; centering on the children.

About the author

Helen Todd

Summary

The Grameen Bank of Bangladesh has successfully lent small sums to poor women for income generation. This empirical study examines the programme's long-term influence and argues that credit alone can create fundamental change, even in an environment distinctly hostile to women's autonomy.

Product details

• Authors: TODD, Helen Todd, Todd Helen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780367213794
• ISBN: 978-0-367-21379-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Asia, HISTORY / Asia / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking, Banking, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Asian History