Collective action and community development : evidence from self-help groups in rural India (English)

In response to the problems of high coordination costs among the poor, efforts are underway in many countries to organize the poor through "self-help groups" (SHGs) -- membership-based organizations that aim to promote social cohesion through a mixture of education, access to finance, and linkages to wider development programs. The authors randomly selected 32 of 80 villages in one of the poorest districts in rural India in which to establish SHGs...

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Desai,Raj M.;

Joshi,Shareen;
Document Date
2013/07/01
Report Number
WPS6547
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
India,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2013/07/01
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Disclosed
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Collective action and community development : evidence from self-help groups in rural India
Keywords
National Bank for Agriculture

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Desai,Raj M.; Joshi,Shareen.

Collective action and community development : evidence from self-help groups in rural India (English). Impact Evaluation series ; no. IE 101|Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6547 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/178591468042542781

Collective action and community development : evidence from self-help groups in rural India (English)

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