03505nam a2200385 4500 20260818095354.0 070898 th eng .b11410553 AIT Thesis no.HS-94-15 Lionel, W. P. A. Efficiency and effectiveness of the Janashakthi (Bank) Programme in the Hambantota District of Sri Lanka Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 1994 195 leaves Thesis ; no. HS-94-15 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1994 This study was undertaken with a view to probing efficiency and effectiveness of the Janashakthi (Bank) Programme of the Hambantota District of Sri Lanka, as a credit-based participatory development programme, and exploring its replicability as an alternative poverty alleviation strategy. The focus of the study is on the performance of the Janashakthi Bank and the socio-economic upliftment of the beneficiaries, as resulting from the bank's performance over the past four years (1990-94) since its inception, as a people's venture. The beneficiaries are share- holders, asset- builders, decision- makers and the borrowers of the bank. The findings of the research show that the programme has performed at a considerably high level of efficiency and effectiveness, and that the beneficiaries, while improving their position of investment, income, savings and acquisition of assets, have been able to alleviate certain economic problems inherent in the i r poverty as well as contributing to its perpetuation. Alleviation of some of the prevalent and major problems associated with poverty, and the social advancement attained by the beneficiaries, imply greater empowerment, holding out promise of alleviation of poverty of all beneficiaries, in future. Moreover, the findings also bear out the potential for sustainability of the programme, supporting its replicability. However, the programme seems to need further strengthening and boosting in order to be capable of lifting its beneficiaries from the position of poverty in the near future, solving their social and economic problems adequately, and enhancing their capacity for control ling factors affecting their lives. The recommendations made herein are directed towards that end. Poverty Research Sri Lanka Hambantota Lund, Ragnhild, Chairperson Wickramanayake, B.W.E., Examination Committee Routray, Jayant Kumar, Examination Committee Swedish International Development Authority ( SIDA), Scholarship Donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis; no.HS-94-15 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B16068 .b11410553 mnait s 251211 2 951104 m a s 0 mnait mnarc 22 40 Barcode : 30050120715080 CREATED : 2014-04-28 RECORD # : i1279157x LPATRON : 1028329 LCHKIN : 2018-10-08 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 1 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120374607 CREATED : 2016-07-06 RECORD # : i13019429 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 35511 35511 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.HS-94-15 30050120715080 2026-08-18 09:53:54 3 2026-08-18 22 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.HS-94-15 30050120374607 2026-08-18 09:53:54 1 2026-08-18 40