Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of credit access on income and
multidimensional poverty by providing an econometric framework. Design/methodology …

The Self-help Group Bank Linkage Programme (SHG-BLP) is now a major global
microfinance programme in India with 8.7 million SHGs with deposit of over195,000 million …

This study investigates the impact of microcredit access on income and multidimensional
poverty in rural Assam, India. Employing a quasi-experimental design and collecting primary …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the non-monetary effect of credit access by
providing an econometric framework which controls the problem of selection bias …

The chicken lays an egg and the egg hatches a chicken. So it is with groups. Savings begets
confidence; confidence drives savings. Pinpointing which happy behaviour sparks which, in …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the rural credit demand by providing a
theoretical and econometric framework which controls the problem of selection bias …

The study was conducted to understand financial inclusion at district/village level by
analyzing both service providers and user side of financial inclusion. More thrust to weaker …

India's formal banking sector caters to the credit needs of the educated city dwellers and
business houses. The credit needs of the masses at the bottom of the pyramid are unheeded …

Access to finance is essential for individual and households to manage their incomes, to
exploit economic opportunities and hence to improve their economic position. By increasing …

This paper discusses the presence of microfinance institutions in various parts of India, with
special reference to Northeast India which suffers from financial exclusion the most, and …