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This paper addresses whether microcredit participants in Bangladesh are trapped in poverty and debt, as many critics …
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The rural economy in Bangladesh has been a powerful source of economic growth and has substantially reduced poverty …, especially since 2000, but the remarkable transformation and unprecedented dynamism in rural Bangladesh are an underexplored …
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This summary report presents the findings of the Bangladesh WASH Poverty Diagnostic (BWPD) study led by the World Bank … offering recommendations for moving Bangladesh's WASH sector forward …
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Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, notes that Bangladesh offers us many lessons in ending extreme poverty …, and one of the most important is that innovation plays a critical role. Bangladesh recognized decades ago that empowering … working with Bangladesh to promote private sector investment by strengthening governance and improving the investment climate …
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Bangladesh has an inspiring story of reducing poverty and advancing development. Since 2000, the country has reduced … solutions. To end extreme poverty by the next decade, Bangladesh will need to continue to build on its successes, such as family …
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Bangladesh has an inspiring story of reducing poverty and advancing development. Since 2000, the country has reduced … solutions. To end extreme poverty by the next decade, Bangladesh will need to continue to build on its successes, such as family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646658
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. The empirical context of the analysis is the Jamuna bridge in Bangladesh, which opened in 1998 and reduced the transport …
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Introduction -- The dynamic rural economy -- Agricultural growth and its drivers -- The evolving structure of agriculture -- Growth of the non-farm sector and its drivers -- Connecting farmers to markets : trading in high-value products -- Prospects for food and nutrition security -- Priority...
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Preface -- About the authors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Rural nonfarm growth and poverty reduction -- Institutional growth and MFI performance -- Dynamics of microfinance benefits -- Are borrowers overindebted? -- Role of microfinance in poverty transition -- Diversification of income...
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