Women At The Center: Grameen Bank Borrowers After One Decade

by Helen Todd

Overview

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

ISBN-13:	9780367213794
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/10/2021
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table 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.

Editorial Reviews

Examines the long-term effects of two decades of loans to poor women in Bangladesh through portraits of the lives of women in two villages who have benefitted from the loans. Details the day-to-day processes of how they generate income from the loans, what they do with their income, and how much control they retain over it, demonstrating that credit alone can fundamentally change poor women's lives. Includes a glossary and b&w photos. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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