Grameen Bank Women Borrowers Non-formal Adult Learning Transformation in Bangladesh

Dr. Kazi Abdur Rouf

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Dr. Kazi Abdur Rouf

Keywords:

grameen bank sixteen decisions; grameen bank seven-day workshops; non-formal adult learning; and women empowerment

Abstract

Grameen Bank (GB), a micro credit organization in Bangladesh, targets adult women who were illiterate, using non-formal adult learning techniques. GB's adult learning information has 'Sixteen Decisions' which inculcate the socio-economic expectations aimed at improving the social-economic well-being of GB borrowers. It is important to know the efficacy of adult learning strategies that has used by GB to create this paradigm shift and transformation in local communities. How does the GB adult learning process enables GB's women borrowers to mobilize group solidarity, leadership development and apply the sixteen decisions in their daily life? How can other NGOs and other countries benefit from GB's women adult learning procedures? These question are answered in this paper which uses the available literature on adult learning, literature on GB as well as the author`s personal working experiences with GB to interrogate the application of non-formal adult learning which creates transformation shift in socio-economic well-being on women borrowers life. grameen bank sixteen decisions; grameen bank seven-day workshops; non-formal adult learning; and women empowerment.

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Grameen Bank Women Borrowers Non-formal Adult Learning Transformation in Bangladesh. (2014). Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 14(6), 9-20. https://journalofbusiness.org/index.php/GJMBR/article/view/

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