Microfinance and Poverty : Evidence using Panel Data from Bangladesh

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 mi...

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Main Author:	Khandker, Shahidur R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING AGGREGATE POVERTY AMOUNT OF CREDIT ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS ASSET BUILDING AVERAGE INCIDENCE OF POVERTY BENEFICIARIES BIDS BORROWER BORROWING CAPITAL MOBILITY COLLATERAL COMMERCIAL BANKS CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR CONSUMPTION POVERTY CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CONTROL GROUPS CREDIT COEFFICIENTS CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CREDIT DISCIPLINE CREDIT MARKETS CREDIT PROGRAMS CREDIT SOURCES DEFAULT COSTS DEMAND FOR CREDIT DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES EXTREME POVERTY FEMALE EDUCATION FINANCIAL SERVICES FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD POLICY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD FACTORS HOUSEHOLD FIXED EFFECTS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES IMPACT ASSESSMENT IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT ON POVERTY IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME GENERATION INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTION LABOR MARKETS LAND HOLDING LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LOAN LOAN DEFAULT LOAN DEFAULT RATES LOAN SIZE LOAN VOLUME LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL MARKET MARKET CONDITIONS MICRO-FINANCE MICROCREDIT MICROFINANCE NEW ENTRANTS NGO PARTICIPATION RATES PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR BORROWERS POOR FAMILIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY EFFECTS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION ACTIVITIES POVERTY REDUCTION IMPACT POVERTY STATUS PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAM EFFECTS PROGRAM EVALUATION PROGRAM IMPACTS PROGRAM PLACEMENT BIAS RATE OF RETURN REDUCTION IN POVERTY RETURN RETURNS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL CREDIT RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FINANCE RURAL FINANCE INSTITUTIONS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SAVINGS SCHOOLING SMALL BUSINESS SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS STOCKS TARGETING TOTAL POVERTY TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TREATMENT GROUPS VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGE LEVEL INFRASTRUCTURE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/17748192/microfinance-poverty-evidence-using-panel-data-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16478

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16478

Microfinance and Poverty : Evidence using Panel Data from Bangladesh

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