Public good provision in Indian rural areas the returns to collective action by microfinance groups /

Public good provision in Indian rural areas [electronic resource] : the returns to collective action by microfinance groups / Paolo Casini, Lore Vandewalle, Zaki Wahhaj.

Self-help groups (SHGs) are the most common form of microfinance in India. The authors provide evidence that SHGs, composed of women only, undertake collective actions for the provision of public goods within village communities. Using a theoretical model, this paper shows that an elected official,...

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Main Author: Casini, Paolo
Corporate Author: World Bank. Office of the Vice President, Development Economics. Operations and Strategy Unit
Other Authors: Vandewalle, Lore, Wahhaj, Zaki
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : World Bank, 2015.
Series:Policy research working papers ; 7397.
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Microfinance > India.
Self-help groups > India.
Women in rural development > India.
Women in economic development > India.
Microfinance.
Self-help groups.
Women in economic development.
Women in rural development.
India.

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