-experimental design, in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Three borrower groups are compared: Current borrowers; Pipeline borrowers and Non …. For Pakistan, there is no evidence that micro-credit effects employment. However, for Bangladesh, there is robust evidence …

We investigate the economic response of households to natural disasters in Bangladesh and Pakistan. In particular, we … farmers in Pakistan move away from agriculture as an immediate response to disasters, they eventually come back to agriculture … Pakistan exhibit at least no decrease in their savings behavior. We discuss policy implications in terms of developing nonfarm …