"The microfinance industry in Bangladesh currently provides access to credit to around 13 million poor households …. Zaman 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 …

key microfinance approaches in India, taking a close look at the most dominant among these, the Self Help Group (SHG) Bank …: India's rural poor currently have very little access to finance from formal sources. Microfinance approaches have tried to … microfinance approaches to coexist. Private sector microfinanciers need to acquire greater professionalism, and the government can …

"Seasonal poverty in Bangladesh, locally known as monga, refers to seasonal deprivation of food during the pre … targeted poor to contain income seasonality and poverty in this impoverished part of Bangladesh. "--World Bank web site … labor markets has helped reduce seasonality in income and poverty in regions other than Rangpur in the recent past. Hence …

"This paper analyzes the distributional impacts of trade reforms in rural areas of Bangladesh. The liberalization of …

poverty in Bangladesh. They use a sequential dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, which takes into account … scenario has negative implications for the overall macroeconomy, household welfare, and poverty in Bangladesh. Terms of trade … accumulation effects, allowing for long-run analysis. The study is based on the 2000 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) of Bangladesh …

impacts of rural road projects using household-level panel data from Bangladesh. Rural road investments are found to reduce … poverty significantly through higher agricultural production, higher wages, lower input and transportation costs, and higher …

Bangladesh, they analyze exposure at two levels--differences within households attributable to family roles, and differences …

countries. To promote a better understanding of IAP, the authors investigate the determinants of IAP in Bangladesh using the … poor families in Bangladesh. Concentrations of respirable airborne particulates(PM10) 300 ug/m3 or greater are common in … the sample, implying widespread exposure to a serious health hazard. Poor households in Bangladesh depend heavily on wood …