Use of the Formal and Informal Financial Sectors: Does Gender Matter? Empirical Evidence from Rural Bangladesh

Use of the Formal and Informal Financial Sectors: Does Gender Matter? Empirical Evidence from Rural Bangladesh

Access to transfers and credit, whether cash or in-kind, is a major source of poverty alleviation and income generation in many developing countries around the world. Women may especially benefit from transfers and credit in countries such as Bangladesh, where they often have few work alternatives....

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Main Authors: McKernan, Signe-Mary, Pitt, Mark M., Moskowitz, David
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNTING
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
AID
ASSETS
BORROWING
COMMERCIAL BANKS
CONTROL OF WOMEN
CREDIT MARKETS
CREDIT PROGRAMS
CROWDING OUT
DEALERS
DRAFTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT
EXPENDITURE
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
FINANCIAL MECHANISMS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FISCAL YEAR
FOOD PROGRAMS
GENDER
GENDER ANALYSIS
GENDER EQUALITY
GIRLS
GRAMEEN BANK
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INFLATION
INFORMAL TRANSFERS
INSURANCE
INTERHOUSEHOLD TRANSFERS
LAWS
LIQUIDITY
LOAN REPAYMENT
MICROCREDIT PROGRAMS
MICROFINANCE
OBLIGATION
OLD AGE
PENSIONS
POOR
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRIVATE TRANSFERS
PUBLIC POLICIES
PUBLIC POLICY
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL POVERTY
SMALL LOANS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
TARGETING
TRANSFER PROGRAMS
WAGES
WHO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5623838/use-formal-informal-financial-sectors-gender-matter-empirical-evidence-rural-bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8911

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5623838/use-formal-informal-financial-sectors-gender-matter-empirical-evidence-rural-bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8911

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