Microcredit
This article is specific to small loans, often provided in a pooled manner. For direct payments to individuals for specific projects, see Micropatronage. For financial services to the poor, see Microfinance. For small payments, see Micropayment.Microcredit is the extension of very small loans (microloans) to impoverished borrowers who typically lack collateral, steady employment, or a verifiable credit history. It is designed to support entrepreneurship and alleviate poverty. Many recipients are illiterate, and therefore unable to complete paperwork required to get conventional loans. As of 2009 an estimated 74 million people held microloans that totaled US$38 billion. Grameen Bank reports that …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 March 2022 English
The International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, has conducted the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, since 1992. The NFHS …
.....585 14.6 Women’s Access to Money and Microcredit ............................................ … .....585 14.6 Women’s Access to Money and Microcredit ............................................ …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 December 2021 English
Since 1992, the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, has conducted the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The NFHS …
use of microcredit programmes is very limited. Fifty percent of women know of a microcredit programme … eight percent have ever taken a loan from a microcredit programme. 31 More than three-quarters …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 September 2021 English
Since 1992, the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, has conducted the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The NFHS …
use of microcredit programmes is very limited. Thirty-eight percent of women know of a microcredit programme … only 5 percent have ever taken a loan from a microcredit programme. Less than one-fifth (18%) of women …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 May 2021 English
Since 1992, the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, has conducted the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The NFHS …
schooling (83-84%). Women’s knowledge and use of microcredit programmes is very limited. Almost three-fifths … three-fifths (59%) of women are aware of a microcredit programme in their area, but only 14 percent have 31 … 31 ever taken a loan from a microcredit programme. One in ten women who have a mobile phone use it for …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 13 April 2021 English
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a USA-based organisation, published this report on April 13, 2021. This is the tenth edition of IFPRI’s annual Global Food Policy series. This …
focused on spe- cialized mechanisms, such as microcredit schemes or mobile payment systems for the poor …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 March 2021 English
Since 1992, the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, has conducted the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The NFHS …
use of microcredit programmes is limited. Seventy-five percent of women know of a microcredit programme … only 10 percent have ever taken a loan from a microcredit programme. Nearly half of women (48%) who …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 March 2021 English
Since 1992, the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, has conducted the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The NFHS …
use of microcredit programmes is very limited. Forty-three percent of women know of a microcredit programme … only 4 percent have ever taken a loan from a microcredit programme. Over one-fifth (22%) of women who …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 March 2021 English
Since 1992, the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, has conducted the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The NFHS …
use of microcredit programmes is very limited. Fifty-seven percent of women know of a microcredit programme … only 17 percent have ever taken a loan from a microcredit programme. 31 Less than half (43%) of women …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 March 2021 English
Since 1992, the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, has conducted the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The NFHS …
use of microcredit programmes is very limited. Fifty-two percent of women know of a microcredit programme … only 8 percent have ever taken a loan from a microcredit programme. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 25 February 2021 English
Engendering Climate Change: Learnings from South Asia explores the “gendered experiences of climate change” across various landscapes and social contexts in South Asia, and the strategies people use for adapting …
going beyond specific activities linked to microcredit (Kalpana 2017). In West Cham- paran, in addition …
