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100			_aMohapatra, Gadadhara
245			_aDynamics of rural poverty: Role of women's self-help groups in Kalahandi district (Odisha)
260			_c2015
300			_ap.114-131.
362			_aJan-Mar
520			_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.
650			_aSelf help - India - Odisha
650			_aWomen - India - Odisha
650			_aPoverty - India - Odisha
650			_aPoverty
773			_aIndian Journal of Public Administration
909			_a108591
999			_c108586 _d108586