Access to electricity is crucial for economic development and there is a growing body of literature on the impact of rural electrification on development. However, most studies have so far relied on cross-sectional surveys comparing households with and without electricity, which have well known...

Unter Zuhilfenahme eines ökonometrischen Modells und auf der Basis von den Befragungsdaten von 444 ländlichen Haushalten in Bangladesch wird analysiert, wie die Frauen ihre Arbeitszeit in Produktion für den Eigenbedarf und für den Markt aufteilen, wobei die Produktion für den Markt sowohl...

The impact of group-based credit programs on the nutritional status of children by gender in rural Bangladesh is evaluated. Lacking exclusion restrictions of the usual sort, the effect of credit program participation by gender of participant is identified by imposing a factor structure on the...

Access to energy, especially modern sources, is a key to any development initiative. Based on cross-section data from a 2004 survey of some 2,300 households in rural Bangladesh, this paper studies the welfare impacts of household energy use, including that of modern energy, and estimates the...