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The impact of an integrated microcredit program on the empowerment of women and gender equality in rural Vietnam

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  • Katherine Dineen
  • Quan V. Le

    (Seattle University, USA)

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In this paper we attempt to analyze the impact of an integrated microcredit program on the empowerment of women in rural Vietnam. We conduct a longitudinal study in 2008 and 2012 on a sample of 50 microcredit recipients. The finding indicates the importance of the empowerment components in the Peace Trees microcredit program, which serves as leverage for higher income generation and greater gender equality. The study emphasizes the role of the Women’s Union in designing and implementing the microcredit program with the objective of empowering women. This study supports the importance of the feminist empowerment paradigm in which empowerment is a best practice when a gender equality approach is embedded in program design, rather than an add-on benefit. The microcredit program has also integrated the poverty alleviation paradigm and the financial self-sustainability paradigm.

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  • Katherine Dineen & Quan V. Le, 2015. "The impact of an integrated microcredit program on the empowerment of women and gender equality in rural Vietnam," Journal of Developing Areas, Tennessee State University, College of Business, vol. 49(1), pages 23-38, January-M.
    • Handle: RePEc:jda:journl:vol.49:year:2015:issue1:pp:23-38
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    1. Eduardo Zegarra & Angie Higuchi & Ricardo Vargas, 2017. "Assessing the impacts of a training program for women in Peru: Are There social networking effects?," Working Papers PMMA 2017-02, PEP-PMMA.
    2. Hillesland, Marya & Kaaria, Susan & Mane, Erdgin & Alemu, Mihret & Slavchevska, Vanya, 2022. "Does a joint United Nations microfinance ‘plus’ program empower female farmers in rural Ethiopia? Evidence using the pro-WEAI," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 156(C).
    3. Zhao Ding & Awudu Abdulai, 2020. "An Analysis of the Factors Influencing Choice of Microcredit Sources and Impact of Participation on Household Income," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 32(4), pages 505-525, May.

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    Keywords

    Women Empowerment; Gender Equality; Microcredit;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East

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