In north-west Bangladesh, some 36 per cent of poor households migrate every year during the lean (monga) period to cope …

This paper uses a unique data set on 143,000 poor households from Northern Bangladesh to analyze the effects of … microfinance membership on a household's ability to cope with seasonal famine known as Monga. We develop an estimation strategy … repayment by excluding the ultra-poor. Evidence shows that microfinance membership improves food security during Monga …