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Does Micro-credit Empower Women?: Evidence from Bangladesh

How can credit be a gender sensitive and social equity tool?
Pitt, M. M., Khandker, S. R., Cartwright, J., World Bank
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Creating Economic Self-Sufficiency through Village Model Micro-Lending

For a successful microcredit program should ownership rest with the participants?
Colson, G., Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)
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Credit Programs for the Poor and the Health Status of Children in Rural Bangladesh

Do credit services have positive effects on the health of children?
Pitt, M., Khandker, S., Chowdhury, O., Millimet, D., International Economic Review
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New Zealand Women & Microfinance

Reviewing women's access to microfinance in New Zealand
Massey C., Lewis K., Ministry of Women's Affairs, Govt. of New Zealand
Case Study

Best Practices by Women's Bank of Sri Lanka

Spectacular progress: Women's Bank of Sri Lanka
Keppetiyagama, D. J., Gamage, N., Broadening Access and Strengthening Input Market Systems
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Good Practices in the Promotion of Female Entrepreneurship - Examples from Europe and Other OECD Countries

How can effective support be provided to women entrepreneurs?
Sheikh, S., Pecher, I., Steiber, N., Heckl, E.,
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Microfinance and the Millennium Development Goals

Does microfinance contribute to attaining the Millennium Development Goals?
Sananikone, O., CGAP
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Social Interventions for HIV/AIDS: Intervention with Microfinance

How can microfinance help in the fight against AIDS?
Kim, J., Rural AIDS and Development Action Research Program (RADAR)
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Women Entrepreneurs in Ethiopia

Why do women entrepreneurs not fare well in Ethiopia?
Zewde, Associates, International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Do Men Really Have no Shame?

Are women-only groups more successful because women have more shame than men?
Barr, A., Kinsey, B., Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University