Browsing by Subject "Microcredit"
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Agricultural microcredit for tenant farmers: Evidence from a field experiment in Bangladesh
(Wiley Online Library, 2018-10-26)We study the impact of an agricultural microcredit program on the livelihoods of small, marginal, and landless tenant farmers in Bangladesh based on a Randomized Control Trial (RCT). Twenty percent of eligible households ... -
Beneficial effects of a woman-focused development programme on child survival: evidence from rural Bangladesh
(Social Science and Medicine, 2002-11)This paper reports results from a prospective study of the impact of a woman-focused development programme on child survival in Matlab, a rural area of Bangladesh. The programme was targeted to households owning less than ... -
Compliance of microcredit authority rules, 2010: a study on selected NGOs
(BRAC University, 2014-03)In view of the latest controversial activities of NGOs like Grameen Bank, the purpose of the study is to determine the level of compliance in Microcredit Authority Rules, 2010 in five microfinance institutions and to ... -
Evaluation of layering microfinance on an adolescent development program for girls in Tanzania
(2015-10)The paper evaluates a program targeted towards adolescent women in Tanzania and aims to empower them both economically and socially. The program was found to be highly successful in Uganda in terms of economic, health and ... -
A good mix against ultra-poverty? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) in Bangladesh
(Wiley, 2021-07-13)Existing evidence shows that programs that provide grants to productive assets along with training to very poor women increase labor supply, earnings, and consumption. In contrast, evidence on the effect of microcredit on ... -
How health shocks and its relationship to repayments of loans from microfinance institutions can affect migrant households in Bangladesh
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2019-02-08)Increasing the feasibility of easy loan repayment is one of the objectives of providing microcredits for income generating activities requiring relatively small loans in the developing countries. However, evidence in the ... -
Impact assessment of Microcredit on borrower’s life in rural areas of Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2020-09)The microcredit program has created a revolutionary change in financial services. The main goal of microcredit to assist poor people to alleviate poverty through microcredit to be expected to invest in productive ... -
A note on providing access to savings of VO members
(BRAC, 1995-11)After joining a Village Organisation (VO) BRAC members are required to deposit weekly savings. Members have access to their savings any time after discontinuation of membership. Two recent studies earned out by the ... -
Performance of microcredit towards empowerment of women – a case study of saving and credit cooperatives in bardiya district of Nepal
(Brac University, 2018-10)Microcredit has often been seen as an important means of empowering women. A study was conducted in the Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal to explore impact of microcredits in women’s empowerment. A total of 32 women ... -
Role of Microcredit in urban poverty alleviation: a case study of shakti foundation for disadvantaged women
(BRAC University, 2007-09)The study has been conducted in fulfillment of the partial requirement for the degree Master of Development Studies, BRAC Development Institute, BRAC University. The title of the study is Role of Microcredit in Urban Poverty ... -
Rural women empowerment through microcredit: a comparative study between a small microcredit unit of leading go (BRDB) and NGO (BRAC) in Savar Upazila
(Brac University, 2020-02)Microcredit has been disbursing among the rural women without collateral for last few decades for the ‘well being’ and empowerment of them. This study investigates the women empowerment through microcredit following mixed ... -
A study on membership overlap among different NGOs in selected villages: its impact on micro-credit programmes and rural poor
(BRAC, 1999-12)For several decades BRAC and many other NGOs have been working with micro credit for alleviating rural poverty. The growth of micro credit has therefore been phenomenal, and so has the number of smaller NGOs working along ... -
Walking on two legs: Credit plus grant approach to poverty reduction
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2017)There is a growing recognition that the ultra-poor are generally not integrated into the current anti-poverty programs. In this paper, we estimate the long-run impacts of a credit plus grant approach, a combination of ...
