Social networks, mobility, and political participation: The potential for women’s self-help groups to improve access and use of public entitlement schemes in India

Women’s self-help groups (SHGs) have increasingly been used as a vehicle for social, political, and economic empowerment as well as a platform for service delivery. Although a growing body of literature shows evidence of positive impacts of SHGs on various measures of empowerment, our understanding...

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Main Authors: Kumar, Neha, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Arrieta, Alejandra, Jilani, Amir Hamza, Chakrabarti, Suman, Menon, Purnima, Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145759

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