Microfinance and poverty : evidence using panel data from Bangladesh (English)

Microfinance supports mainly informal activities that often have a low return and low market demand. It may therefore be hypothesized that the aggregate poverty impact of microfinance is modest or even nonexistent. If true, the poverty impact of microfinance observed at the participant level represents either income redistribution or short run income generation from the microfinance intervention. This article examines the effects of microfinance on...

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Khandker,Shahidur R.;
Document Date
2005/05/01
Document Type
Journal Article
Report Number
77491
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Bangladesh,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2013/05/23
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Microfinance and poverty : evidence using panel data from Bangladesh
Keywords
microfinance

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Khandker,Shahidur R..

Microfinance and poverty : evidence using panel data from Bangladesh (English). Washington DC ; World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/284801468013215718

Microfinance and poverty : evidence using panel data from Bangladesh (English)

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