Rajagopal

Describing two models for the development of informal women’s groups in Orissa and Kerala, India, the author discusses how it is possible to avoid the `top-down management’ and bureaucracy that often contribute to the failure of other schemes. Informal self-help groups in rural areas serve to empower women, and provide a basis for the provision […]

Practical Notes. Also includes ‘Business links through NGOs: an Indian experiment in rural development’, ‘Small and micro-enterprise in Sri Lanka: bringing the bankers to the people’, ‘Small-scale production of cultured milk and the equity trust approach’ and ‘Women workers in the garment industry in Dhaka, Bangladesh’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & […]