February 2, 2013
Pradyut Bhattacharjee February 2, 2013
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Exploring whether the benefits of the cash transfer scheme reach the real beneficiaries— the poorest of the poor—this article discusses the challenges facing the government’s latest scheme for poverty alleviation
January 19, 2013
January 19, 2013
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Giving PRIs a constitutional status two decades ago was intended to result in greater economic efficiency, larger resource mobilization, better service delivery and inclusive development leading to higher satisfaction. How far this has been achieved was the subject of deliberations in a workshop. This article is an abstract of the workshop report.
January 2, 2013
Jean-Marie Baland January 2, 2013
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Investigating the impact of microfinance participation in India on educational outcomes, this study focuses on the changes that participation in SHGs brings about in the education of boys and girls of member households in Jharkhand.
December 10, 2012
Sarada Muraleedharan December 10, 2012
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Kerala’s Kudumbashree network and the rural employment guarantee scheme have converged to provide a unique model of empowerment
November 17, 2012
Kuntal Mukherjee November 17, 2012
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Increasing the production of millet by using the SRI-millet method may prove to be one of the significant ways to address the poverty and food insufficiency problem in several tribal areas of Chhattisgarh
November 10, 2012
B.C. Barah November 10, 2012
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The System of Rice Intensification has made its presence felt in the Indian agriculture scenario, by its fast speed and the promise to “ grow more with less”. Yet there has also been a lot and reports of disadoption. This preliminary report of a research lays out a number of reasons, predominantly rainfall failure related for farmer drop-outs.
November 1, 2012
Kuntalika Kumbhakar November 1, 2012
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PRADAN ’ seeks is to build vibrant institutions for women, led by women which will, in the long run, evolve into an effective demand system. Women will lead institutions that sustain livelihoods, strengthen programmes, influence local government to leverage finances, make local authorities more responsive to the community and, in time, become pressure groups for demanding rights, entitlements and state accountability on many fronts.
October 11, 2012
Timothée Demont October 11, 2012
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Studying the role of SHGs in helping the poor cope with climatic shocks, this article analyses the strength of informal microfinance groups in absorbing adverse shocks
October 4, 2012
Hans Dieter Seibel October 4, 2012
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Building the capacity of selected SHG members to manage and govern village organizations as well as higher-level federations is feasible as demonstrated by the Sector Own Control pilot in Andhra Pradesh
September 8, 2012
C.S. Reddy September 8, 2012
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Exploring the great potential of the SHG federations, to address poverty by serving as a platform for providing financial and livelihood promotion services, this article traces their evolution, significance, limitations and uniqueness—where women are the owners, managers, users and beneficiaries