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Bangladesh's achievement in poverty reduction : the role of microfinance revisited

Khandker, Shahidur R.; Samad, Hussain A. - 2016

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Empowering women with micro finance : evidence from Bangladesh

Pitt, Mark Martin; Khandker, Shahidur R.; Cartwright, … - In: Economic development and cultural change 54 (2006) 4, pp. 791-831

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Does the Village Fund matter in Thailand?

Jirawan Boonperm; Haughton, Jonathan; Khandker, Shahidur R. - 2009

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Coping with flood : role of institutions in Bangladesh

Khandker, Shahidur R. - In: Agricultural economics : the journal of the … 36 (2007) 2, pp. 169-180

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Seasonality of income and poverty in Bangladesh

Khandker, Shahidur R. - In: Journal of development economics 97 (2012) 2, pp. 244-256

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Does the Village Fund Matter in Thailand?

Boonperm, Jirawan - 2009

Abstract: This paper evaluates the impact of the Thailand Village and Urban Revolving Fund on household expenditure, income, and assets. The revolving fund was launched in 2001 when the Government of Thailand promised to provide a million baht (about

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Seasonal and Extreme Poverty in Bangladesh : Evaluating An Ultra-Poor Microfinance Project

Khalily, M. A. Baqui - 2010

Microfinance is often criticized for not adequately addressing seasonality and hard-core poverty. In Bangladesh, a … program known as PRIME was introduced in 2006 to address both concerns. Unlike regular microfinance, PRIME introduces a … microfinance scheme that offers a flexible repayment schedule and consumption smoothing, as well as production, loans. It targets …

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Grameen Bank Lending : Does Group Liability Matter?

Khandker, Shahidur R. - 2012

Competing theories increasingly support the positive role of social capital in small loan default costs of group lending; at the same time, potential group collusion may increase loan delinquencies. Findings from the available literature are mixed on the role of the various attributes of group...

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Replicating Replication : Due Diligence in Roodman and Morduch's Replication of Pitt and Khandker (1998)

Pitt, Mark M. - 2012

"The Impact of Microcredit on the Poor in Bangladesh: Revisiting the Evidence," by David Roodman and Jonathan Morduch (2011) is the most recent of a sequence of papers and postings that seeks to refute the findings of the Pitt and Khandker (1998) article "The Impact of Group-Based Credit on Poor...

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How Does Competition Affect the Performance of MFIs? : Evidence from Bangladesh

Khandker, Shahidur R. - 2013

Over the past 20 years, Bangladesh has witnessed strong competition among microfinance institutions. Using program …-level panel data from 2005-2010, this paper studies the microfinance institutions' recent competitive roles in their pricing of … view that newer microfinance institutions are less risk-averse in their targeting, or that increased borrowing among …

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