Abstract:
Social Business (SB) which has brought a new avenue in the modern
capitalism becomes a buzzword in the process of globalization. The study is an
attempt to understand how social business and microcredit play potential role to
empower marginalized people particularly rural women in Bangladesh. Methods of
research are mainly based on primary survey thus; it is included field observations,
documentary analysis, focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews. The
study also extensively tried to make a comparative picture regarding different
dimensions of women empowerment involving in microcredit and social business
and its aftermath. Hatbati and Hatalbunia villages of Batiaghata Upazila under
Khulna District were selected for this endeavor. Hence, the study explores the
influencing factors which are responsible for engaging women to Grameenn credit
and social business. Through the social business and the way of getting capital and
investment are they becoming benefited or not? The endeavor also seeks the answers
about the potentiality and tangibility of social business and credit programs how far
will continue as an effective instrument for the empowerment of destitute rural
women.
