Barriers to empowerment: Assessment of community-led local development organizations in Pakistan

Wahid, Abdul; Ahmad, Muhammad Shakil; Talib, Noraini Bt. Abu; Shah, Iqtidar Ali; Tahir, Muhammad Nawaz; Jan, Farzand Ali; Saleem, Muhammad Qaiser

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2016.11.163

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“…Group means (p < .05) were found with statistical difference so null hypothesis is rejected and alternate hypothesis is accepted, which states that microfinance loans participation results in improvement of economic empowerment than non-participation. The results contradict with previous study (6) however, our findings are in line with past studies who found that microfinance could help woman empowerment if knowledge, networks and jobs are provided to female (25,29,31,32,(41)(42)(43)(44)(45) . These results can be shown by graphical presentation in Figure 3 .…”

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Assessing the Impact of Microfinance Services at Individual Level: A Comparative Study of Women Empowerment in Pakistan

Malik¹

2020

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Background/Objectives: Some recent studies have empirically proved that micro-finance schemes launched for women empowerment have failed to attain their required goals as women are just used as a tool to get loans; In this context, the present study is undertaken to verify the usefulness of microcredit for women empowerment in Pakistan. Methods/Statistical analysis: Quantitative approach is used to assess the impact of microfinance loan services on women economic empowerment and to see whether members of microfinance institutes are equally empowered to the nonmembers. For this purpose, survey was conducted in Multan District of Punjab, Pakistan. Independent sample t-test is used to estimate the difference between two independent groups of participants. In a sample size of 300 women, 200 are participants of MFI while rest of the 100 are non-participants. The data has been analyzed by using Independent-samples t-test, as it is the comparison of two different independent groups. Findings: The study shows that women members of micro-finance institutions (MFIs) are more empowered compared to non-members. Overall, the results show that there is a positive relationship between MFI and women economic empowerment in Multan. Women participants of MFI have greater role in decision-making, more autonomy in mobility, greater control over income and savings generated from income generating activities, more role in employment generation and increased ownership of productive assets and property than non-member MFIs. Novelty/Applications: The current study presents a case for a nuanced and more-sophisticated analysis of the linkages between MFIs memberships and women's empowerment. Empowerment alone may not automatically lead to empowerment, but networks and guidance also important factors that can determine the success or failure of the empowerment approach. Thus, MFIs should hold meetings with women to guide them about the proper use of loan in their business activities.

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“…Wahid et al (32) (2017) investigated the hurdles in the way of empowerment among many organizations at local level in the case of Pakistan. Results of the study showed that elite control and political interference were major barriers for empowerment.…”

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Assessing the Impact of Microfinance Services at Individual Level: A Comparative Study of Women Empowerment in Pakistan

Malik¹

2020

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“…Wahid et al. () argue that involving citizens in discussions organized by CSOs or government institutions is vital for effective governance and the accountability of the institutions providing public services. But this was found that most of the stakeholders claimed that CSOs in Gujranwala, Pakistan have failed to provide sufficient knowledge to citizens and other stakeholders.…”

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Civil society organizations and participatory local governance in Pakistan: An exploratory study

Rosilawati

Rafique

Nikku

et al. 2018

Asian Soc Wrk & Pol Rev

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This paper analyses the extent to which the civil society organizations (CSOs) have influenced the decision-making of the local government toward the needs and priorities of citizens. In development discourse, civil society organizations hold a significant importance as they are deemed to provide holistic and new ways to ensure participatory local governance. Therefore, their role against the backdrop of their involvement in mobilizing citizens' involvement and influencing decision-making in Pakistan calls for further research. This paper aims to fill this gap. Using qualitative research methods, the current paper appraises the role of CSOs in mobilizing public involvement in the decision-making process of local government institutions of Punjab, Pakistan. The paper finds that the effectiveness of CSOs is very low due to various institutional and political constraints. Motivations for CSOs seeking citizen involvement have been instrumental in nature rather than motivated by participatory principles.

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“…This is important to consider in light of the deficiency of advisory services in smallholder agriculture in Pakistan (Davidson et al 2001;Davidson and Ahmad 2002;Abbas et al 2009;Burton et al 2012), the increased administrative bureaucracy, and local staff's lack of clarity and low morale in their extension roles (Shahbaz et al 2011). In Pakistan, effective and efficient decentralisation as a tool in the governance of natural resources and information flow will only be fully realised when there is engagement with local communities and administrations about local issues (Nagrah et al 2016;Wahid et al 2017). This statement has been taken to heart by some, notably Farmer Services Centers (FSCs).…”

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An Approach to Understand Rural Advisory Services in a Decentralised Setting

Lamontagne‐Godwin

Dorward

Ali³

et al. 2019

Social Sciences

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As populations increase, so do the challenges in feeding the world. Rural Advisory Services (RAS) contribute positively to food security by ensuring rural populations have access to vital knowledge increasing yields and rural incomes. For historical reasons however, national RAS have often developed into complex networks of stakeholders which can confuse, and even in some cases provide conflicting advice. In order to improve internal and external knowledge of an advisory service, this article investigates the benefits and limitations of an approach that combines qualitative and quantitative stakeholder perception activities at a local and national level. Local and national workshops were held using focus group and open fora techniques in order to portray and visualise a crop health advisory system in Pakistan, a dynamic and complex case study. The approach manages to expose key differences between local and national perceptions of a crop health RAS: whilst both local and national workshop participants decidedly agree on the importance of local (provincial and district level) extension departments, local perceptions clearly identified the strength and value of private sector and community level interactions. At the national workshop, interpretations of ground level activities were vague, yet their mentions of microcredit initiatives, large scale Non-Government Organisation activities and semi-autonomous institutions demonstrate knowledge at a different scale. This approach demonstrates the value of an accessible methodology to measure and understand RAS. Whilst this approach is a key component in assessing the system’s dynamism prior to any future development initiative, it needs to refine its integration of gendered perceptions.

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Barriers to empowerment: Assessment of community-led local development organizations in Pakistan

Cited by 25 publications

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Assessing the Impact of Microfinance Services at Individual Level: A Comparative Study of Women Empowerment in Pakistan

Assessing the Impact of Microfinance Services at Individual Level: A Comparative Study of Women Empowerment in Pakistan

Civil society organizations and participatory local governance in Pakistan: An exploratory study

An Approach to Understand Rural Advisory Services in a Decentralised Setting

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