of many governments in developing countries is to reduce fertility. Since microfinance is widespread in Bangladesh, it is … fertility resulting from participation in three microfinance programs in Bangladesh. Fixed effects and difference … an interesting country in which to study the potential for microfinance to assist in achieving a goal of fertility …

participant and the aggregate levels using panel data from Bangladesh. The results suggest that access to microfinance contributes …Microfinance supports mainly informal activities that often have a low return and low market demand. It may therefore … be hypothesized that the aggregate poverty impact of microfinance is modest or even nonexistent. If true, the poverty …

.Khandker addresses these questions using household level panel data from Bangladesh. The findings confirm that micro-finance benefits the …Micro-finance supports mainly informal activities that often have low market demand. It may be thus hypothesized that … the aggregate poverty impact of micro-finance in an economy with low economic growth is modest or nonexistent. The …