A Three-Dimensional Model of Women's Empowerment: Implications in the Field of Microfinance and Future Directions.
Offering access to microfinance services to women is one way to increase women's empowerment
Abstract
Women鈥檚 empowerment is an important goal in achieving sustainable development worldwide. Offering access to microfinance services to women is one way to increase women鈥檚 empowerment. However, empirical evidence provides mixed results with respect to its effectiveness. We reviewed previous research on the impact of microfinance services on different aspects of women鈥檚 empowerment. We propose a Three-Dimensional Model of Women鈥檚 Empowerment to integrate previous findings and to gain a deeper understanding of women鈥檚 empowerment in the field of microfinance services.
This is an output from the 鈥楧elivering Inclusive Financial Development and Growth鈥� project
Citation
Huis MA, Hansen N, Otten S, Lensink R. A Three-Dimensional Model of Women鈥檚 Empowerment: Implications in the Field of Microfinance and Future Directions. Frontiers in Psychology 2017;8 1678.