Subject(s): Defining the concept of empowerment through experiences in India -- Engendering microfinance , Microfinance in Tribal areas, Structural issues in empowerment under microfinance, empowerment and microfinance in Indonesia, Historical analysis of microfinance, Micro enterprises of self help groups and state polices under a neo-liberal regime in Kerala, Micro finance to empower women -- Microfinance in its environment -- Analysing microfinance as a process of endogenous development : Microcredit in India, Women's survival strategies and experiences with support services as home based micro enterprises in metro Manila, Microfinance, informal finance and empowerment of the poor, Emerging women micro-entrepreneurs in Bangladesh, Microfinance technology and linkage with non financial services -- Assessing microfinance -- Assessing the impact of microfinance in terms of empowerment, Rural livelihoods and women's empowerment, Impact of MFI in India, Community development and SHGs, CASHE programme in Orissa, SHGs and civil society, Women empowerment through SHG/ DWCRA, Poverty alleviation , passive participation to effective leadership