prominent among children, adolescents, and adults for a number of critical nutrients. Pregnant and lactating women also receive …

Over the past 20 years, Bangladesh has witnessed strong competition among microfinance institutions. Using program … rural areas. Loan recovery rates are also the highest among the newest microfinance institutions for women in rural areas …-level panel data from 2005-2010, this paper studies the microfinance institutions' recent competitive roles in their pricing of …

The microfinance industry in Bangladesh currently provides access to credit to around 13 million poor households. The … author describes the factors that led to the scaling-up of micro-credit in Bangladesh, the impact this has had on the poor …, future challenges in Bangladesh, and possible lessons for other countries. The consensus in the literature is that micro …

Microcredit programs in Bangladesh have experienced spectacular growth in recent years, with a growing number of … returns to borrowing from microfinance institutions (MFIS), some borrowers might be taking loans that they will not be able to … assets. Using a long panel of household survey data from Bangladesh, the paper finds that some 26 percent of microcredit …

Using two surveys from Bangladesh, this paper provides evidence on the effects of microfinance competition on village …: proponents claim that competition of microfinance institutions reduces both the moneylender interest rate and households … with a model where microfinance institutions draw away better borrowers from the moneylender, and fixed costs are important …

"The Impact of Microcredit on the Poor in Bangladesh: Revisiting the Evidence," by David Roodman and Jonathan Morduch … (1998) article "The Impact of Group-Based Credit on Poor Households in Bangladesh: Does the Gender of Participants Matter …?" that microcredit for women had significant, favorable effects on poverty reduction. In this paper the authors show that …

Using individual level employment data from Bangladesh, this paper presents empirical evidence on the relative … Bangladesh. …

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 … for women. It is also found to increase women's decision-making ability in certain household affairs. Finally, it is found …

Bangladesh as an autonomous and proactive adaptation strategy against ex ante local rainfall variability risks. The analysis …