The role of microcredit in reducing women's vulnerabilities to multiple disasters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3897476 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nibedita S Ray‐bennett (0000-0001-8448-5567, Northumbria University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 240-260 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disasters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2009.01127.x |
| PMID | 19793323 |
| OpenAlex | W2155166986 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article explores the relationship between microcredit and vulnerability reduction for women-headed households in 'multiple disasters'. Here multiple disasters are understood as disasters that occur in one specific place and cause severe devastation. The case study covers the super-cyclone in 1999, floods in 2001 and 2003, and drought in 2002 in Orissa, India. The study entailed eight months fieldwork and interviews with several governmental and non-governmental officials and 12 women-headed households from different social castes. The findings suggest that microcredit is a useful tool to replace women's livelihood assets that have been lost in multiple disasters. But inefficient microcredit delivery can cause microdebts and exacerbate caste, class and gender inequalities. It is posited that microcredit delivery cannot achieve vulnerability reduction for women in multiple disasters unless it is complemented by effective financial services, integrated policy planning and disaster management between government, non-governmental organisations and the community
Agriculture · Business · Caste · Computer security · Disaster risk reduction · Economic growth · Economics · Emergency management · Geography · Government (linguistics · Livelihood · Political science · Socioeconomics · Vulnerability (computing · Agricultural risk and resilience · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
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| Citations per year | 1.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |