000 03505nam a2200385 4500
005 20260818095354.0
008 070898 th eng
035 _a.b11410553
099 9 _aAIT Thesis no.HS-94-15
100 1 _aLionel, W. P. A.
245 1 0 _aEfficiency and effectiveness of the Janashakthi (Bank) Programme in the Hambantota District of Sri Lanka
260 _aBangkok :
_bAsian Institute of Technology,
_c1994
300 _a195 leaves
490 1 _aThesis ;
_vno. HS-94-15
500 _aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science
502 _aThesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1994
520 _aThis 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.
650 1 0 _aPoverty
_xResearch
_xSri Lanka
_xHambantota
700 1 _aLund, Ragnhild,
_eChairperson
700 1 _aWickramanayake, B.W.E.,
_eExamination Committee
700 1 _aRoutray, Jayant Kumar,
_eExamination Committee
710 2 _aSwedish International Development Authority ( SIDA),
_eScholarship Donor
810 2 _aAsian Institute of Technology.
_tThesis;
_vno.HS-94-15
856 _3Full-Text
_uhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B16068
907 _a.b11410553
_bmnait
_cs
902 _a251211
998 _b2
_c951104
_dm
_ea
_fs
_g0
945 _lmnait
945 _lmnarc
942 _c22
942 _c40
909 _aBarcode : 30050120715080
_bCREATED : 2014-04-28
_cRECORD # : i1279157x
_dLPATRON : 1028329
_eLCHKIN : 2018-10-08
_f# RENEWALS : 0
_g# OVERDUE : 0
_hIUSE3 : 0
_iTOT CHKOUT : 1
_jTOT RENEW : 0
909 _aBarcode : 30050120374607
_bCREATED : 2016-07-06
_cRECORD # : i13019429
_dLPATRON : 0
_eLCHKIN : -
_f# RENEWALS : 0
_g# OVERDUE : 0
_hIUSE3 : 0
_iTOT CHKOUT : 0
_jTOT RENEW : 0
999 _c35511
_d35511