Microfinance, Risk-taking Behaviour and Rural Livelihood

Microfinance, risk taking behavior and rural livelihood are the three dominating issues in the rural financial landscape. Inadequate access to financial services is considered to be one of the main reasons behind inadequate economic opportunity and poverty in rural India. Microfinance has played a s...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bhandari, Amit K. (Editor), Kundu, Ashok (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Structural Transformation of Rural Finance in India: A Critical Review
  • Chapter 2: Risk Taking Behaviour in Financial Decision Making: A Village Level Study
  • Chapter 3: Impacts of Caste, Risk, and Time Preference on Borrowing Behavior: A Case Study in West Bengal, India
  • Chapter 4: Microfinance and Rural Entrepreneurship: An Assessment
  • Chapter 5: SHGs for Poverty Alleviation? Perspectives from a Tamil Nadu Village under Rapid Economic Development
  • Chapter 6: Achievements and Challenges of SHG-Bank Linkage Program in India: The Result of Village Surveys in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra
  • Chapter 7: Synergistic Effects of microfinance through SHGs: A Study of basic Health and Primary Education indicators
  • Chapter 8: For a Better World: Livelihood Security Measurement of the SHG Members
  • Chapter 9: Public Spending and Rural Livelihood in India: A Study of MGNREGA
  • Chapter 10: Factual Achievement of MGNREGA: Calls for an Optimal Planning using Fuzzy Logic.