Microenterprise development is one of the most discussed antipoverty strategies in contemporary development discourses. Many developing countries have adopted this strategy to fight against poverty. In Nepal also, a microenterprise development program with the objectives of increasing income and employment, and thereby reducing poverty, has been implemented since 1998. Microenterprise development is particularly targeted to the households living below the poverty line. Among the people living below that line, the program is more focused on ...