Gender impact assessment in microfinance and microenterprise

Why and how

Bibliographic Data

ID3886988
AuthorsSusan Johnson (0000-0002-4302-7903, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume10
Issue1
Pages89-94
Publication date2000-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614520052547
PMID12295962
OpenAlexW2091590753
LanguageEN
Citations received7

This article discusses the reasons for conducting gender impact assessment in microfinance and microenterprise. Although women are increasingly being targeted in microfinance and microenterprise projects, this does not necessarily mean that gender relations are being taken into account. Rather, targeting women raises a host of questions about the context in which women are operating their businesses or handling finance. Assessing gender impact in microfinance and microenterprise can help answer the questions in order to understand whether women are able to use the services and make the anticipated improvements in their livelihoods. Moreover, several approaches are suggested: 1) establish a gender baseline; 2) consider the potential impacts of the project on gender relations; 3) establish the information and indicators required; and 4) collect and analyze the data using tools and techniques appropriate to the task. However, in the context of gender relations there remains much ground, which often cannot be openly discussed. The discussion of how people organize their financial and economic affairs inside the household is usually a delicate area. Hence, it is suggested that such matters should be handled very carefully and to consider the composition and dynamics of the research team itself

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Livelihood · Microfinance · Political science · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Finance

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