TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - A breakthrough in women's bargaining power: the impact of microcredit
JO  - Journal of international development
A1  - Osmani, Lutfun N. Khan
SP  - 695
EP  - 716
VL  - 19
IS  - 5
N2  - This paper attempts to test empirically whether access to micro-credit can help poor rural women to improve their bargaining power within the household. The empirical measures of women's bargaining power, or empowerment, used in this paper are underpinned by a bargaining model of the household. By using survey data on the borrowers of the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh and by adopting a methodology that allows for the possibility of self-selection, this study shows that targeted micro-credit can have a significantly positive effect on women's bargaining power within the household. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<p /> 
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SN  - 0954-1748
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jid.1356
ID  - ref1
ER  -