Gender-differentiated social and human capital and the use of microcredit in Bangladeshi female entrepreneurship
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Rakib, Muntaha, Chakrabarty, Sayan and Winn, Stephen. 2018. "Gender-differentiated social and human capital and the use of microcredit in Bangladeshi female entrepreneurship." Ni She, Eidin, Burton, Lorelle J. and Danaher, Patrick Alan (ed.) Social capital and enterprise in the modern state. Cham,. Switzerland. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 181-202
| Chapter Title | Gender-differentiated social and human capital and the use of microcredit in Bangladeshi female entrepreneurship |
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| Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
| ERA Publisher ID | 2865 |
| Book Title | Social capital and enterprise in the modern state |
| Authors | Rakib, Muntaha (Author), Chakrabarty, Sayan (Author) and Winn, Stephen (Author) |
| Editors | Ni She, Eidin, Burton, Lorelle J. and Danaher, Patrick Alan |
| Page Range | 181-202 |
| Chapter Number | 9 |
| Number of Pages | 22 |
| Year | 2018 |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Place of Publication | Cham,. Switzerland |
| ISBN | 9783319681146 |
| 9783319681153 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68115-3_9 |
| Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-68115-3_9 |
| Abstract | In many developing countries, microfinance has become a critical component in implementing poverty reduction strategies, which are often addressed through social business and female entrepreneurship. Despite poor individuals being excluded from formal credit, microfinance organisations are delivering opportunities for them to obtain small amounts of credit. This chapter examines whether gender-differentiated social and human capital matters in social entrepreneurship, and how loans received by Bangladeshi men and women are being used in productive ways. It identifies barriers that might exclude the poorest women from these microfinance programs in Bangladesh. This analysis has important policy implications for donors, microfinance institutions and NGOs operating in developing countries as it focuses on employment generation and poverty alleviation, and also on impact on poor women in microcredit programs. |
| Keywords | Bangladesh, female entrepreneurship, gender differentiation, human capital, microcredit, microfinance, social capital |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 380111. Labour economics |
| 380119. Welfare economics | |
| 440499. Development studies not elsewhere classified | |
| 380204. Panel data analysis | |
| Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Byline Affiliations | Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh |
| School of Teacher Education and Early Childhood | |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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