Self Help Groups: Problems Opportunities and Challenges Ahead

The book Self Help Groups: Problems, Opportunities and Challenges Ahead, is a compilation of research results, policy initiatives and evaluation studies. Access to credit, increased confidence to start up a business, enhancement of social status, upgradation of scales, more earnings, getting support from government and other institutions are handful opportunities in the hands of the self help group members in general and women SHG in particular. Management of enterprises, dealing with clients, managing external threats and internal conflicts, coming forward from the boundary of village, facing social stigmas, access to different sources of information, credit and inputs are ongoing and future tasks for the self help groups of our country which are being discussed in this book. The challenges encountered at various levels can be overcome by the help of community, family members, government and non-government organizations, banks, micro-finance institutions and through self effort with positive attitude and potentials. The book contains experiences from different parts of the country along with suggestions and strategies for improvements. It is hoped that this book will prove to be informative and useful to academics as well as professionals in the field of developmental studies and rural management. It shall serve as a reference book for those working for women SHGs, micro-finance, women development, governmental and non-govermental organizations, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Rural Development Studies, Social work, Social Science and related disciplines. Teachers, students, research workers, extension agents and administrators shall find the.(jacket).…