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100	1		_aTodd, Helen, _d1943- _939425
245	1	0	_aWomen at the center : _bGrameen Bank borrowers after one decade / _cHelen Todd.
260			_aDhaka, Bangladesh : _bUniversity Press, _c1996.
300			_axviii, 251 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [245]-248) and index.
505	0	0	_g1. _tThe Bank in the Village -- _g2. _tWhat Credit Can Do: Women's Contribution -- _g3. _tWives and Partners -- _g4. _tTaka Talks: Centrality in the Household -- _g5. _tStrategies for Survival -- _g6. _tStill Poor: Disaster and Dependency -- _g7. _tWomen on Their Own -- _g8. _tGroup and Center: Solidarity and Self-Interest -- _g9. _tCentered on the Children -- _tAppendix 1: Methodology -- _tAppendix 2: Children's Growth -- _tAppendix 3: The Sixteen Decisions.
520			_aFor two decades, the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh has successfully administered a unique program that lends small sums to poor women for income generation. This is the first empirical study to examine the long-term influence of these loans on the borrowers, and it demonstrates that credit alone can fundamentally change the lives of poor women - even in the absence of other aid programs and in an environment distinctly hostile to women's autonomy.
520	8		_aHelen Todd spent a year in two villages in Bangladesh following the lives of women who have been borrowing from the Grameen Bank for a decade. She focuses on the day-to-day processes of how they generate money from their tiny loans, what they do with the resulting income, and how much control they retain over it.
520	8		_a. In stark contrast with nonmembers, most Grameen women emerge from this study as strong individuals, successfully battling for positions of power in their families and for respect in their villages. Moreover, the Grameen women's gains have been sustainable, since most of them have invested in access to land. Through the vivid stories of individual women, Todd paints a picture of women empowering themselves with the crucial ingredient of continued access to credit over the course of a decade.
526			_aBIED
610	2	0	_aGrameen Bank. _939426
650		0	_aBank loans _zBangladesh. _939427
650		0	_aRural women _zBangladesh. _939428
650		0	_aPoor women _zBangladesh. _939429
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