01750pab a2200169 454500008004000000100002500040245009500065260000900160300001500169362001200184520124100196650003101437650002701468650002901495650001201524773004401536180718b2015   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMohapatra, Gadadhara  aDynamics of rural poverty: Role of women's self-help groups in Kalahandi district (Odisha)  c2015  ap.114-131.  aJan-Mar  aThe article critically analyses the role of women self-help groups (WSHGs) in alleviating poverty and empowering the tribal women in Kalahandi district of Odisha based on the field findings, ground realities and observations. It also documents the best practices of the NGOs and other self-help promoting institutions (SHPIs) in social mobilisation and poverty alleviation. The study shows that intensity of social capital (in the form of trust relating to credit and savings activities) is more among the SHGs which are homogeneous in nature (i.e. SHGs comprising of all Kondh/ST women members); whereas social capital is on the decline among the mixed and/or diverse groups in the sample villages (for example SHGs consisting of both ST and SC and male and female members). The empirical findings of the study show that the group savings of the various WSHGs promoted by the NGOs and SHPIs (namely, Parivartan, Gram Vikas, Antodaya and Sahabhagi Vikas Abhiyan, ICDS and Watershed Department, Government of Odisha) in Thuamul Rampur block of Kalahandi have increased gradually; and also shows that after SHG intervention, dependency of the tribal villagers on the local money lenders for loan have declined significantly. - Reproduced.  aSelf help - India - Odisha  aWomen - India - Odisha  aPoverty - India - Odisha  aPoverty  aIndian Journal of Public Administration