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Women Empowerment through Micro-credit: A Special Reference to Jaffna District

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dc.contributor.author Yogendrarajah, R.
dc.contributor.author Semasinghe, D.M.
dc.date.accessioned 2015-06-17T09:18:47Z
dc.date.available 2015-06-17T09:18:47Z
dc.date.issued 2013
dc.identifier.citation Yogendrarajah, Rathiranee and Semasinghe, Dissanayake, (2013). Women Empowerment through Micro-credit: A Special Reference to Jaffna District. Journal of US-China Public Administration, 3 (10), 338-344. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1548-6591
dc.identifier.uri
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/8350
dc.description.abstract The prime objective of this study is to identify the association between micro-credit and women empowerment by giving opportunity for self-employment and the impact of micro-credit on women empowerment as well. This study focuses on women empowerment through micro-credit under post-war development in Jaffna District selecting five rural areas which are Chankanai, Sandilipay, Vaddukoddai, Uduvil, and Kondavil in Jaffna District. The information has been gathered by primary data from the rural women in the above selected areas and 66 responded out of 77. From the results, it is concluded that the micro-credit has significant relationship and positively correlated (0.752) with empowerment at 0.01 significant levels and its impact is crucial as well. It is suggested that the micro-credit facilities are essential in empowering women and developing the women entrepreneurs under post-war development. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject micro-credit, post-war development, women empowerment en_US
dc.title Women Empowerment through Micro-credit: A Special Reference to Jaffna District en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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