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2009.
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| Summary/Abstract |
This paper analyses whether Grameen Bank's claim of increasing entitlements has any impact on women's capabilities with regard to entering into the marketplace. Achieving capabilities toward entering into the market, deeply related to the issue of gendered power relations, is a significant sign of self-empowerment in rural Bangladesh. The paper also examines wheter micro-loans have been able to improve rural women's well being, critical for empowering women in society where there rights to physical well-being have long been ignored. It further argues that these capabilities are the most important factor for empowering women, and are necessary steps towards establishing gender justice in rural Bangladesh
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