Women's empowerment is an intrinsic human rights goal that has implications for the health
and well-being of women and their children. Poor measurement hampers current research …

This mixed-methods systematic review focuses on the impact of women's self-help groups
(SHGs) on women's economic, social, psychological, and political empowerment. Both …

This article highlights why the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has focused on financial
inclusion to advance women's economic empowerment and drive progress on gender …

Financial Inclusion is considered to be a critical indicator for development and well-being of
the society around the globe. Providing inclusive financial services, that is, financial services …

Microcredit has long been hailed as a powerful tool to promote livelihoods and reduce
poverty through entrepreneurship. However, its impacts on people's subjective well-being …

This Campbell systematic review examines the effectiveness of women's economic self‐help
groups (ESHG) on individual women empowerment in low‐and middle‐income countries. It …

Women's self-help groups (SHGs) have increasingly been used as a vehicle for social,
political, and economic empowerment as well as a platform for service delivery. Although a …

A wide range of financial inclusion programmes seek to increase poor people's access to
financial services to enhance the welfare of poor and low‐income households in low‐and …

This paper conducts a scientometric analysis and systematic literature review to identify the
trends in microfinance outcomes from the perspective of their recipients, specifically more …

Provision of low-cost credit to the poor through self-help groups (SHGs) has been embraced
as a key poverty-reduction strategy in developing countries, but evidence on the impact of …