Events Calendar
Lecture: "Poverty Alleviation through Microfinance in Rural Maharashtra, India"
April 29, 2008 ( 07:30PM - 09:00PM )
- Sponsor(s): Department of Economics and Policy Studies, Poverty Studies Interdisciplinary Minor
- Location: 208 DeBartolo Hall
- Website: http://www.nd.edu/~econplcy/
Biraj Solanke, with her husband, founded the Majalgaon Vikas Pratishthan in 2003 to reach out to the underprivileged women and children in Majalgaon taluka in Beed district in the state of Mahrashtra, India. In the last 4 years the institution has set up more than 450 Self Help Groups which provide micro-finance to the women. The institution has helped more than 10000 families double or triple their incomes and helped many women to become small entrepreneurs. She will be talking about her experiences with the microcredit lending and its effects on poverty alleviation.