Daily Bread: Women’s Self-Help Microfinance and the Social Meanings of Money

In this article, we explore the impacts and implications of ‘Rojiroti’, a women’s self-help group (SHG) microfinance scheme operating in poor communities Bihar, India. We focus particularly on how improvements found circumstances children’s health might result from Rojiroti SHG membership. Through data 5 groups 19 individual interviews with women where operates, discover is regarded it affects management household budgets. Moreover, relational aspects ways that can alter family social dynamics. Drawing notions ‘earmarked’ money ‘safeguarded’ money, argue itself has meaning non-pecuniary value form other currencies, including power agency, which lead to improved well-being families.