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Does Microcredit Reach the Poor and Vulnerable? Evidence from Northern Bangldesh.
Amin, S.; Rai, A.S.; Topa, G. - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 1999
The Grameen Bank's success in Bangladesh has made microcredit the hot new idea for reducing poverty. This paper uses …-recipients. Poverty is measured by levels of consumption. Vulnerablitiy is measured as fluctuations in consumption (associated with … is substantial leakage to the landed. Landlessness is not significangly associated with either poverty or vulnerablitiy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264445
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Does Microcredit Reach the Poor and Vulnerable? Evidence from Nothern Bangladesh.
Amin, S.; Rai, A.S.; Topa, G. - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - 2000
predecessors. Poverty is measured by levels of consumption. Vulnerability is measured as fluctuations in consumption associated …. The probability that a microcredit member is below the poverty line is substantially higher than that of a randomly picked …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486872
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Beat a Cheat: Hotlines to Taget the Poor.
Rai, A.S. - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - 2000
The problem with public spending programs intended for the poor is that they often enrich the ineligible. This paper introduces a hotline mechanism to target the poor efficiently. The poor are induced to tell on cheaters. The rich are deterred from cheating because they will be identified,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486874