Banking on Self-Help Groups: Twenty Years on

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-81-321-0964-8
Verlag: SAGE PUBN

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Banking on Self-help Groups reviews the existing state of affairs in respect of the SHG (Self-help Group) movement and addresses the question of what should be the next phase of development of the SHGs. It identifies the policy gaps and opportunities that exist for the SHGs to be mainstreamed further into the formal financial system.

The author examines elements of strategy and design being adopted by the National Rural Livelihoods Mission as also the potential role of NABARD in the development of SHGs in the future. The study focuses on three core issues pertaining to SHGs. These relate to (i) cost-effectiveness, (ii) sustainability, and (iii) impact, i.e., the development cost of SHGs and SHG-based institutions, the sustainability of SHG models and community institutions fostered by them, and the economic and social impact on SHG members.

The book concludes with a discussion of proposals and institutional arrangements that provide the way forward for the continued and uninterrupted growth of SHGs as an agency for change in the rural sector of India.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tankha, Ajay

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Angewandte Psychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Non-Profit-Organisationen, Verbände
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Overview
Origins and Evolution of SHG-Bank Linkage
Growth and Performance of SHG-Bank Linkage Programme
NGOs and Community Organizations as Financial Intermediaries
Government SHG Programmes
Cost of Promotion of SHGs and SHG Federations
Sustainability of SHGs
Evidence of Impact
Future Directions
Appendices
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Tankha, Ajay
Ajay Tankha has over 35 years of experience as an academic and consultant in development studies, rural finance and microfinance. He has served as International Head of Microfinance of ActionAid UK and as Economist with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development. He has been associated with CARE-India’s CASHE project, GTZ (now GIZ) Rural Financial Institutions Programme, American India Foundation, Sa-Dhan, Access Development Services, EDA Rural Systems and Small Industries Development Bank of India. In addition, he has taught at leading universities of India, the Netherlands and Vietnam.

He has authored three books on microfinance self-help groups including his last work Banking on Self Help Groups: Twenty Years On (2012). He has published several research papers and publications on microfinance and rural livelihoods.