,000 households in rural Bangladesh, this paper studies the welfare impacts of households' grid connectivity. Based on rigorous …

Microfinance is often criticized for not adequately addressing seasonality and hard-core poverty. In Bangladesh, a …

2004 survey of some 2,300 households in rural Bangladesh, this paper studies the welfare impacts of household energy use … poverty line, the paper finds that some 58 percent of rural households in Bangladesh are energy poor, compared with 45 percent …

This paper examines the role of social safety-net programs in Bangladesh run by the government and nongovernmental …

In less-developed economies such as Bangladesh, the farm sector is the major source of employment and income, while the …, microfinance institutions can play a larger role in supporting microenterprise growth in Bangladesh …

Microcredit programs in Bangladesh have experienced spectacular growth in recent years, with a growing number of … assets. Using a long panel of household survey data from Bangladesh, the paper finds that some 26 percent of microcredit … more than debt over time. Microcredit borrowers in Bangladesh are thus not necessarily over-indebted. But when borrowing is …

The Government of Bangladesh, with help from the World Bank and other donors, has provided aid to a local agency called … role of the subsidy; the factors that determine the adoption of the systems in rural Bangladesh; and the welfare impacts of …

Bangladesh. With the phenomenal growth of microfinance institutions representing 30 million members with over …