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 …