Microfinance and women's empowerment in Bangladesh : unpacking the untold narratives /: unpacking the untold narratives. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Faraha Nawaz.
• Authors: Nawaz, Faraha
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Prologue; Abstract; Growth of NGOs in Bangladesh; Microcredit and Microfinance; Power, Power Relation and Empowerment; The Research Terrain; Auto Ethnographic Frame; Outline of the Book; References; Chapter 2 Microfinance: It's Globalization Story; Abstract; Evolution of Microfinance in Bangladesh; Grameen Bank Model; Globalization of Microfinance; References; Chapter 3 The Paradox of Microfinance and Women's Empowerment; Abstract; Microfinance and Women's Empowerment Debate; Positive Arguments Contemporary Positive Arguments from Global PerspectiveIn the Context of Bangladesh; Counter Arguments: International Perspective; In Bangladesh's Perspective; References; Chapter 4 Impact of Microfinance on Women's Economic Empowerment; Abstract; Who Has Access to What Type of Employment?; Who Controls the Loan? How?; Narrative 1: Woman Exercising Power on Loan Utilization; Narrative 2: Having Good Control Over Loan Use; Narrative 3: Access to and Control Over Resources; Narrative 4: Having Power to Decide How the Income Will Be Spent; Who Has Power in Earning and Spending? How? Narrative 5: Let There Be LightWomen and Reproductive Work; Chapter 5 From Individual to Community Empowerment; Abstract; Link Between Individual and Community; Narrative 1: Assistance from Group Networks; Narrative 2: Using Group Network; Narrative 3: Use of Intra and Extra Community Linkages; Empowerment Through Collective Social Action; Collective Action to Fight Early Marriage; Mobilizing in Response to Drug Addiction; Group Effort and the Collective Power to Protest Against Violence; Actions Against Dowry Related Violence; References Chapter 6 Microfinance and Women's Socio Cultural and Political EmpowermentAbstract; Microfinance and Women's Participation in Decision Making; Who Decides What? How?; Narrative 1: Participation in Decision Making; Narrative 2: Woman's Decision-Making Agency; Narrative 3: Decision Making Within and Beyond Household Matters; Microfinance and Domestic Violence; Narrative 4: Over Indebtedness Leads to Violence; Narrative 5: Multiple Borrowing Caused Negative Impact on Gender Relations; Early Marriage, Dowries and Women; Women's Political Empowerment Narrative 6: Empowerment in Local Government or Status Quo?Narrative 7: Dependency on Male UP Members; Narrative 8: Dependency on Husbands and Exclusion from Important Committees; Narrative 9: Woman's Political Empowerment; References; Chapter 7 Lessons from New Narratives; Abstract; Microfinance and Women's Empowerment: Current Constraints; Conclusion; References; Index
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, color illustrations
• Subjects: 332.095492; Microfinance -- Bangladesh; Women -- Bangladesh -- Economic conditions; Women in development -- Bangladesh; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030135393
• Related ISBNs: 303013539X; 9783030135386
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource ; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 6, 2019).
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