Assessing the Impact of Micro-credit on Poverty and Vulnerability in Bangladesh
Assessing the Impact of Micro-credit on Poverty and Vulnerability in Bangladesh:

July 1999 - While micro-credit interventions can play an important role in reducing vulnerability through a number of channels, a significant impact on poverty reduction is achieved under more restrictive conditions. These conditions revolve around whether the borrower has crossed a cumulative loan...

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1. Verfasser: Zaman, Hassan (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C The World Bank 1999
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Access To Cred Bank
Banks and Banking Reform
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Communities & Human Settlements
Cred Household Expenditure
Debt Markets
Economic Theory and Research
Finance and Financial Sector Development
Financial Intermediation
Financial Literacy
Health, Nutrition and Population
Household Income
Housing and Human Habitats
Illiteracy
Income
Income Sources
Investing
Knowledge
Loan
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Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
Population Policies
Poverty Reduction
Risk Reduction
Rural Development
Rural Poverty Reduction
Senior
Student
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Zusammenfassung:July 1999 - While micro-credit interventions can play an important role in reducing vulnerability through a number of channels, a significant impact on poverty reduction is achieved under more restrictive conditions. These conditions revolve around whether the borrower has crossed a cumulative loan threshold and on how poor the household is to start with. Zaman examines the extent to which micro-credit reduces poverty and vulnerability through a case study of BRAC, one of the largest providers of micro-credit to the poor in Bangladesh. Household consumption data collected from 1,072 households is used to show that the largest effect on poverty arises when a moderate-poor BRAC loanee borrows more that 10,000 taka (US
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