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Microfinance in Tribal Odisha : Micro Impact Against Macro Scope
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The microfinance programme has passed a long journey from micro savings to microcredit and microcredit to microenterprises with an effort of transforming the household self consumption activities into micro businesses. Initially, the programme had been introduced to make availability of credit via formal institutions at cheaper rate, meeting livelihood and business opportunities, but with globalization, the objective of the programme has also changed. Globally, the programme has transformed the lives of the poor and marginal, but as far as its objective in India is concerned, it covers various other dimensions in addition to economic upliftment. In Odisha, the self help groups (SHGs) concept had been introduced under the umbrella of Mission Shakti and Targeted Rural Initiatives for Poverty Termination and Infrastructure (TRIPTI), and recorded 'Success beyond Target' along many dimensions, but their performance and impact on rural households was not clear. This paper tried to highlight the status, performance, and impact of SHG programmes in a tribal dominated district of Odisha.
Keywords
Common Pool, Micro Credit, Livelihood, Microfinance
F63, H55, H81
Paper Submission Date : November 30 , 2015 ; Paper sent back for Revision : July 13, 2016 ; Paper Acceptance Date : October 24, 2016.
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