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 villages in one of the poorest districts in rural India in which to establish SHGs for women...

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Desai,Raj M.;

Joshi,Shareen;
Document Date
2013/09/07
Document Type
Journal Article
Report Number
112411
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
India,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2017/03/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Collective action and community development : evidence from self-help groups in rural India
Keywords
community based development programs

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Desai,Raj M.; Joshi,Shareen.

Collective action and community development : evidence from self-help groups in rural India (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/866851488362290319

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

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