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multidimensional poverty measures (and their components) that address key participant deficits. We apply our methods to a BRAC ultra …-poverty program in Bangladesh, and find that our measures of multidimensional poverty have fallen significantly for participants. This … cause of poverty reduction was program activities focused directly on these deficits). In general, we find that the BRAC …
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multidimensional poverty measures (and their components) that address key participant deficits. We apply our methods to a BRAC ultra …-poverty program in Bangladesh, and find that our measures of multidimensional poverty have fallen significantly for participants. This … cause of poverty reduction was program activities focused directly on these deficits). In general, we find that the BRAC …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329002
multidimensional poverty measures (and their components) that address key participant deficits. We apply our methods to a BRAC ultra …-poverty program in Bangladesh, and find that our measures of multidimensional poverty have fallen significantly for participants. This … cause of poverty reduction was program activities focused directly on these deficits). In general, we find that the BRAC …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884251
This paper uses a unique data set on 143,000 poor households from Northern Bangladesh to analyze the effects of … microfinance membership on a household's ability to cope with seasonal famine known as Monga. We develop an estimation strategy … repayment by excluding the ultra-poor. Evidence shows that microfinance membership improves food security during Monga …
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Financial inclusion plays an important role in giving households greater access to borrowing opportunities, which in turn can be used to improve human capital accumulation, socioeconomic status, and long-run economic development. One way to enhance households' access to and usage of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011689720
Financial inclusion plays an important role in giving households greater access to borrowing opportunities, which in turn can be used to improve human capital accumulation, socioeconomic status, and long-run economic development. One way to enhance households' access to and usage of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852997
of outreach and scale. In an application to microfinance institutions, the use of this type of poverty outreach measure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094782
of outreach and scale. In an application to microfinance institutions, the use of this type of poverty outreach measure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010630116
Microcredit is a widely practiced, widely revered technique of international development. It aims to increase incomes of the poor by giving them access to capital which can be used to create small businesses or other productive economic activity. Microcredit, despite its partly "market" approach...
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Microcredit is a widely practiced, widely revered technique of international development. It aims to increase incomes of the poor by giving them access to capital which can be used to create small businesses or other productive economic activity. Microcredit, despite its partly market approach...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014116952