Title: Fact and fiction : examining microcredit/microfinance from a feminist perspective

Authors: Parthasarathy, Soma Kishore and Raaber, Natalie

Place: Toronto [etc.]

Publisher: Association for women's rights in development (AWID)

Year: 2012

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Subject: Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Keywords: feminism, microcredit, gender

Abstract: This paper provides, first, a definition of microcredit, then situates microcredit both historically and within present debates on development and economics and finally discusses its impact on particular groups of women.

URL: http://www.awid.org/content/download/138875/1543675/file/Fact%20and%20Fiction_Examining%20Microcredit.pdf

Document type: Portal