http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/472 Fri, 15 May 2026 12:46:13 GMT 2026-05-15T12:46:13Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/527 Micro Units to Empower Women Aslam, M.K. Muhammed Empowerment of women through micro units is the theme of our paper. Woman in India constitute around half of the country's population. Hence, they are regarded as the "better half of the society". In the official proclamation, they are at par with men. But, in real life, the truth prevails otherwise. In India, women entry into business is a new phenomenon. Despite many success stories women entrepreneurship is not getting momentum in Indian industrial sector. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/527 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/526 Financial Crisis and the Challenges Facing Macrofinance Institutions Fontgalland, Guy de The paper looks at the impact of financial crisis on emerging economies, forecasts trends in institutional lending during the next several years, and discusses the challenges of finding alternative financial instruments for funding start-ups. Some of the assumptions in this Paper are predicated by research in the former Soviet Union countries where the author is currently engaged in developing strategies to meet high SME borrower demands at a time when liquidity levels in banks and other financial institutions have hit rock bottom. The paper is based on the assumption that liquidity levels will remain low for the foreseeable future; that small enterprises in developing nations will be hardest hit; that entrepreneurial drive among new comers to business will be dampened on account of recession, tightening of liquidity and entrepreneurship activities will be restricted on account of markets for products and services being narrowed through diminishing demand. The paper attempts to develop an effective and flexible model for financing start-ups in emerging markets through a combination of tools pertaining to financing models, management, marketing, innovation, risk sharing and innovative financing modalities. At best, it is a discussion paper which looks into the future of funds and financing and the overall responsibility of economic groups to spread the benefits of savings into productive forces at micro level. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/526 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/525 Women Entrepreneurship and Gender Bias: A Study of Micro Enterprises in Bhopal Singh, Richa Women constitute half of the world's population. Today the difficulty is to move from the acceptance of equal rights to the reality of equal opportunity. This transition will not be complete until women and men have equal opportunities to occupy positions in power structures throughout the world. This includes not only public law making and policy formulating bodies, but also the world of private business. Society as a whole stands to gain by accelerating the process. We attempt to explore these fundamental issues and further analyse the present situation with respect to women entrepreneurs. To benefit fully from the entrepreneurial capacities of women, it is important to understand the structures and attitudes in our societies that support or hinder their efforts. The paper talks about status of women entrepreneurs and the problems faced by them as they venture out to carve their own niche in the competitive world of business. We discuss the implication of our findings for studies that relate to micro enterprises established by women in Bhopal city. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/525 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/524 Re-defining Women Entrepreneurship through SHG Movement in Rural Areas Swain, B. K Women are now preferred clients in banks because they can be persuaded to operate on gendered notions of decency and discipline. The whole effort of gendering development has been endowed with the postulation that empowering women will lead to wholesome development of the society. In fact, women have the entrepreneurial capacity to actually save and borrow and alter the grim irony of any situation. It is also established that when they formed into homogeneous self-help groups with credit-provisions, they are capable of lifting themselves out of poverty. The presence of women groups, who display their entrepreneurship through micro-credit support, can be regarded as one of the major contributions to the whole rural communities. The spirit of these groups to focus on micro-credit agenda and develop their standards of living is enormous which further catalyzes their creativity and commitment. To call self-help group as a self-help movement that is successfully eradicating poverty through entrepreneurship, would be no exaggeration. Self-help groups have corroborated that women can be organized and confront the reality of societal difference based on gender, caste, community and failure of governance. The recent perspective views women in their double roles both in the households as well as in stretching their energy in making the family ends meet. This has been possible only through mutual self-help and community-based actions. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/524 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z