Empowering women entrepreneurs through microfinance – a case of rural Bangladesh / Saida Parvin
Women’s empowerment has been at the centre of research focus for many decades. Extant literature examined the process, outcome and various challenges. Some claimed substantial success, while others contradicted with evidence of failure. But the success remains a matter of debate due to lack of empir...
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| author | Parvin, Saida |
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| country | Malaysia |
| description | Women’s empowerment has been at the centre of research focus for many decades. Extant literature examined the process, outcome and various challenges. Some claimed substantial success, while others contradicted with evidence of failure. But the success remains a matter of debate due to lack of empirical evidence of actual empowerment of women around the world. The current study aimed to address this gap by taking a case study method. The study critically evaluates 20 cases carefully sampled to include representatives from the entire country of Bangladesh. The study demonstrates popular beliefs about microfinance often misguide even the borrowers and they start living in a fabricated feeling of empowerment, facing real challenges to achieve true empowerment in their lives. The impact of this finding is twofold; firstly there is a theoretical contribution, where the definition of women’s empowerment is proposed to be revisited considering findings from these cases. And lastly, the policy makers at governmental and non-governmental organisations, and multinational donor agencies need to revise their assessment tools for funding. |
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| spelling | my.uitm.ir-474212022-07-04T05:47:55Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/47421/ Empowering women entrepreneurs through microfinance – a case of rural Bangladesh / Saida Parvin abrij Parvin, Saida Microfinance Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance Women’s empowerment has been at the centre of research focus for many decades. Extant literature examined the process, outcome and various challenges. Some claimed substantial success, while others contradicted with evidence of failure. But the success remains a matter of debate due to lack of empirical evidence of actual empowerment of women around the world. The current study aimed to address this gap by taking a case study method. The study critically evaluates 20 cases carefully sampled to include representatives from the entire country of Bangladesh. The study demonstrates popular beliefs about microfinance often misguide even the borrowers and they start living in a fabricated feeling of empowerment, facing real challenges to achieve true empowerment in their lives. The impact of this finding is twofold; firstly there is a theoretical contribution, where the definition of women’s empowerment is proposed to be revisited considering findings from these cases. And lastly, the policy makers at governmental and non-governmental organisations, and multinational donor agencies need to revise their assessment tools for funding. Faculty of Business and Management, UiTM Shah Alam 2017-06 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/47421/1/47421.pdf Empowering women entrepreneurs through microfinance – a case of rural Bangladesh / Saida Parvin. (2017) Advances in Business Research International Journal <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Advances_in_Business_Research_International_Journal/>, 3 (2). pp. 7-19. ISSN (e-ISSN) 2462-1838 https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/ABRIJ/ |
| spellingShingle | Microfinance Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance Parvin, Saida Empowering women entrepreneurs through microfinance – a case of rural Bangladesh / Saida Parvin |
| title | Empowering women entrepreneurs through microfinance – a case of rural Bangladesh / Saida Parvin |
| title_full | Empowering women entrepreneurs through microfinance – a case of rural Bangladesh / Saida Parvin |
| title_fullStr | Empowering women entrepreneurs through microfinance – a case of rural Bangladesh / Saida Parvin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Empowering women entrepreneurs through microfinance – a case of rural Bangladesh / Saida Parvin |
| title_short | Empowering women entrepreneurs through microfinance – a case of rural Bangladesh / Saida Parvin |
| title_sort | empowering women entrepreneurs through microfinance – a case of rural bangladesh / saida parvin |
| topic | Microfinance Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/47421/1/47421.pdf https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/47421/ https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/ABRIJ/ |
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