Emancypacja kobiet jako kryterium oceny efektywności instrumentów mikrofinansowych
Emancipation of Women as a Criteria of Assessing Microcredit Effectiveness

Summary/Abstract: Microfinance programs are assumed to trigger economic, social and political empowerment of women. However, even in financially successful microfinance programs, the actual contribution to empowerment is often limited. Lending to women may benefit their households, but not necessarily the women concerned. This article cautions against the excessive focus on women’s financial outcomes as a measure of their empowerment and underlines the necessity of taking under consideration other measures of women’s emancipation – not only their ability to earn an income.

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