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Microfinance, wage employment and housework: a gender analysis

01/08/1999

13 pages long

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Microfinance, wage employment and housework: a gender analysis

Keywords

Development in Practice Journal
Development methods
DiP
Finance
Gender mainstreaming
Microfinance

Overview

Microfinance programmes are increasingly popular in Bangladesh, and are especially renowned for the excellent repayment performance of women borrowers. This article examines the loan-use pattern of women involved in wage employment and the benefits they gain from such loans. It also explores the effects of wage employment on gender relations. Women wage-earners are found to […]

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