-poverty program in Bangladesh, and find that our measures of multidimensional poverty have fallen significantly for participants. This …

This paper analyzes child poverty in Bangladesh and China during periods of rapid economic growth in both countries. It … found to be more extensive in Bangladesh than in China, and is very much a problem for rural children in both countries. The … of child income as well as in the demographic composition. -- child poverty ; economic growth ; Bangladesh ; China …

credit cooperatives. Similarly, declining bank lending rates contribute to their rise. Low asset sizes and land inequality … factors shaping the market entry of rural microfinance institutions across time and space. We provide empirical evidence for … these determinants using the expansion of credit cooperatives in the 236 eastern counties of Prussia between 1852 and 1913 …

thematically, providing empirical evidence and summarizing the key recent studies on colonial institutions, slavery, land reform …