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Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank

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This study, one of three parallel core impact assessments carried out under the AIMS project, was intended to measure the impact of microfinancial services on low–income women in an Indian city. The services in question are the credit and savings programs of SEWA Bank, a cooperative bank that operates in Ahmedabad, the principal city of Gujarat state  in western India. SEWA Bank is a sister institution of the Self–Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), a trade union dedicated to advancing the interests of low–income women who work in the informal sector. SEWA provides a range of development services and engages in struggles to help these women gain a collective voice and improve the welfare of their families as well as their personal economic and social positions. Since its establishment in 1974, SEWA Bank has provided a widening range of financial services to SEWA members, including savings, credit, and insurance.

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Snodgrass, Donald, and Chen, Martha A. Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank. , , . USAID, 2001. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Chen-Snodgrass-AIMS-Study-of-SEWA-Bank.pdfSnodgrass, D., and Chen, M. A. (2001). Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank. , , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Chen-Snodgrass-AIMS-Study-of-SEWA-Bank.pdfSnodgrass, Donald, and Chen, Martha A. "Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank." USAID, 2001, .Snodgrass Donald, and Chen Martha A. "Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank." (2001). https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Chen-Snodgrass-AIMS-Study-of-SEWA-Bank.pdfSnodgrass, D, and Chen, M A 2001, 'Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank', , , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Chen-Snodgrass-AIMS-Study-of-SEWA-Bank.pdfDonald Snodgrass, and Martha A Chen, 'Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank' (2001). Snodgrass D., and Chen M. A. Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank. . 2001. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Chen-Snodgrass-AIMS-Study-of-SEWA-Bank.pdfSnodgrass, Donald, and Chen, Martha A. Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank. . 2001. , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Chen-Snodgrass-AIMS-Study-of-SEWA-Bank.pdf

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