Is women empowerment a zero sum game?: Unintended consequences of microfinance for women’s empowerment in Pakistan

• Arshad, Salman ^[1] ; Imtiaz, Aisha ^[2] ; Gillani, Muhammad Ahmad Hassan ^[1] ; Osman, Sharina ^[3]
  1. [1] Lyallpur Business School, GC UNIVERSITY FAISALABAD, PAKISTAN
  2. [2] Department of Business Administration, GOVERNMENT COLLEGE WOMEN UNIVERSITY FAISALABAD, PAKISTAN
  3. [3] Business School, UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR,MALAYSIA

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• Localización: Estudios de economía aplicada, ISSN 1133-3197, ISSN-e 1697-5731, Vol. 39, Nº 4, 2021 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Managing Economic growth in post COVID era: Obstacles and prospects)
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  • Given that development initiatives could at from time to time be a “zero-sum game”, this study looks at the unforeseen effects of microfinance in Pakistan for females' “empowerment”. So as to discover the complexities of the microfinance impact on females in societies with various disadvantages in Pakistan, the research uses a participation-based methodology involving household “questionnaires surveys, focus group discussions and major interviews.” The effects of multiple regressions, median closure, and themes studies indicate that the financial effects of microfinance for women are often closely connected to disputes between spouses, child labour, heterosexual monogamy and the lack of supposed traditional women's duty due to their entrepreneurship. With limitations on scientific findings regarding the possible negative effects of females' “empowerment” in Pakistan, the study evaluated a crucial research gaps which will allow non-governmental organisations, policymakers and other stakeholders to design and execute better initiatives that minimize the adverse concerns