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

This paper addresses whether microcredit participants in Bangladesh are trapped in poverty and debt, as many critics … participants derive a variety of benefits from microcredit: It helps them to earn income and consume more, accumulate assets …, invest in children's schooling, and be lifted out of poverty. This is not to say that non-participants have failed to …