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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797202703321

Autore

Premchander Smita

Titolo

Prevention and elimination of bonded labour : the potential and limits of microfinance-led approaches / / Smita Premchander, V. Prameela and M. Chidambaranathan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, Switzerland : , : International Labour Organization, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

92-2-129412-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (77 p.)

Disciplina

331.763

Soggetti

Agricultural laborers

Forced labor

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Executive summary; List of acronyms; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Causes and nature of bondage; 1.2. Methodology; 1.3. Key assumptions and questions regarding; 2. Targeting; 2.1. Why target?; 2.2. Targeting criteria and methods; 2.3. Challenges of targeting bonded labourers; 3. Product menu and design; 3.1. Products offered through bonded labour and extreme poor projects; 3.2. Differentiated products for the extreme poor; 3.3. Variation according to type of enterprise; 3.4. Differentiated performance indicators; 3.5. Can the poorest graduate to commercial

3.6. Microfinance for release from bondage3.7. Addressing the need for livelihoods finance; 4. Institutional arrangements; 4.1. Models at the grassroots level; 4.2. Comparing group models; 4.3. Models of microfinance delivery organization; 4.4. Key institutional issues; 5. Lessons and conclusions; 5.1. Financial strategy; 5.2. An integrated approach; References

Sommario/riassunto

This publication, authored by S. Premchander, V. Prameela and M. Chidambaranathan of the Indian NGO SAMPARK, documents the learning processes of the NGOs and microfinance organizations that experimented with different approaches to microfinance and bonded labour. It highlights the importance of adopting a holistic and integrated approach, including social, economic, political and judicial



interventions at individual, household, community and higher levels. The publication seeks to stimulate broader debate and experimentation on how microfinance can most effectively contribute to ending bonded