abstract: 'The traditional Indian society functioned mainly on the basis of

  self-help and mutual aid. However, in recent years, they have been

  emerging as a major strategy for the promotion of informal credit to the

  poor. Self-help groups are expected to make a significant contribution

  to poverty alleviation and empower the members in economic, social and

  political spheres. These programmes are also expected to become

  increasingly self-reliant and independent of donor funds. In rural

  India; there is substantial degree of feminization of poverty on account

  of an increase in the net population growth rate among the landless

  agricultural labour households (including SC/ST and other backward

  classes women), low level of human skills, lack of availability of wage

  employment opportunities and inadequacy of institutional support to

  create wage as well as self employment opportunities. This list includes

  economic factors responsible for feminization of poverty which are much

  stronger in operation and which function along with socio-cultural

  barriers and discrimination against women in economic participation. The

  objectives of the self-help groups are to promote strong and independent

  women groups who exert control over their own development and that of

  the community. The women would be equipped with managerial and technical

  skills through enhanced participation in economic activities. In this

  context, it is desirable to generate information and analyse to what

  extent these micro finance programmes have been able to reduce poverty

  and vulnerability by; increasing capital/asset formation at the

  household level, improving household and enterprise incomes, enhancing

  the capacity of individuals and households to manage risk, increasing

  enterprise activity within households, expanding employment

  opportunities for the poor in non-farm enterprises, empowering women and

  improving the accessibility of other financial services at the community

  level. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.'
affiliation: Sivachithappa, K., Univ Mysore, Post Grad Ctr, Mandya 571402, Karnataka,
  India.
author: Sivachithappa, K.
author-email: kseyadav@gmail.com
author_list:
- family: Sivachithappa
  given: K.
booktitle: PSU-USM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.421
editor: BinAbuBakar, MN
files: []
issn: 1877-0428
keywords: Micro Finance; SHGs and Livelihood Security
language: English
note: 'PSU-USM International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, Hat

  Yai, THAILAND, OCT 03-04, 2011'
number-of-cited-references: '9'
pages: 228-240
papis_id: db0d125524efb12ccb0177d5db637215
ref: Sivachithappa2013impactmicro
series: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences
times-cited: '2'
title: Impact of Micro Finance on Income Generation and Livelihood of Members of Self
  Help Groups - A Case Study of Mandya District, India
type: proceedings
unique-id: WOS:000348252800027
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '9'
volume: '91'
web-of-science-categories: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
year: '2013'