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Attila Bartha (CUB), Heinrich Best (Univ. of Jena), József Böröcz (Rutgers Univ.), Bruno Dallago (Univ. of Trento), Menno Fenger (Erasmus University, Rotterdam), Anuska Ferligoj (Univ. of Ljubljana), Max Haller (Univ. of Graz), John Higley (Univ. of Texas, Austin), Ildikó Husz (HUN-REN GKAC), Michal Illner (Inst. of Sociology, CAS, Prague), Csaba Jelinek (CEU), Zúza Kusa (Inst. of Sociology, SAS, Bratislava), Olga Kutsenko (Univ. of Kiev), Mihály Laki (HUN-REN IS), David Lane (Univ. of Cambridge), Mladen Lazic (Univ. of Beograd), József Péter Martin (TI, Budapest), Attila Melegh (CUB), Maria Nawojczyk (Univ. AGH, Cracow), Vadim Radaev (High School of Economics, Moscow), Jose Real-Dato (Univ. Almeira), Kinga Szabó-Tóth (Univ. Miskolc), Judit Takács (HUN-REN IS), Károly Takács (Linköping Univ.), István György Tóth (Tárki, Budapest), Camelia Florela Voinea (Univ. of Bucharest)
Hopes of a Triadic Model for Women Empowerment and Community Development: a lesson of Indian experience to Hungary
Gopalakrishnan Karunanithi
Abstract
Self-Help Group, Microcredit and Microenterprise as a triadic model proved to be worthwhile to promote women empowerment and community development in India. This paper attempts to study the success and failure of this model in India and also to explore the possibilities of applying this to the Roma communities in Hungary to improve their socio-economic condition.
Keywords
Self-Help Group, Microcredit, Microenterprise, marginalized communities, Dalits, Roma, Women empowerment, Community Development