 Over the last twenty years micro-finance based interventions have proven to be a popular and often effective means of improving the economic outcomes of impoverished women. However, the gains to microfinance based interventions on womens decision making in both economic and non-economic arenas remains largely unknown. Specifically, the question of to what extent does access to small-scale credit alone, rather than other programs often combined with microfinance, affect womens empowerment is of particular interest when determining interventions in a variety of setting in developing nations. There exists evidence that womens empowerment is associated with reduced violence and as such maybe an important tool for improving adult womens wellbeing. In addition increased decision making power by women has been associated with improvement in childrens health outcomes, especially for girls, and as such may be way generating intergenerational improvements in womens outcomes. 