Spotlight: the JEEViKA Project.

Bihar, India.



The JEEViKA project in Bihar, India, supported by the World Bank, organised 1.8 million rural women into self-help groups. By 2016, 65 % of households increased their incomes by >30 % through credit access, sustainable farming and market linkages.

Read the evaluation (World Bank 2017)

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