Are Microcredit Participants in Bangladesh Trapped in Poverty and Debt?

This paper addresses whether microcredit participants in Bangladesh are trapped in poverty and debt, as many critics have argued in recent years. Analysis of data from a long panel survey over a 20-year period confirms this is not the case, althoug...

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Main Authors:	Khandker, Shahidur R., Samad, Hussain A.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AMOUNT OF LOAN ASSET HOLDINGS ASSET RATIO ASSET RATIOS ASSET VALUE AVERAGE DEBT BANK LOANS BANK POLICY BANK RATE BENEFICIARIES BIDS BORROWER BORROWING COMMERCIAL BANK COMMERCIAL BANKS CONSUMER GOODS CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CREDIT ACCESS CREDIT SCORING CROP PRODUCTION DEBT DEBT SERVICING DEMAND FOR CREDIT DEPOSITS DUE DILIGENCE ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES EMPLOYMENT EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN EXTREME POVERTY FARM ACTIVITIES FARM SECTOR FEMALE PARTICIPATION FINANCIAL ASSETS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOOD BASKET FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD ITEMS FOOD POLICY FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE GENDER DISPARITY GLOBAL POVERTY GROUP LENDING HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT EVALUATION INCOME INCOME GENERATION INDEBTED HOUSEHOLDS INDEBTEDNESS INEQUALITY INFORMAL LENDERS INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTION LAND ASSET LAND ASSETS LAND VALUE LANDHOLDINGS LEARNING LENDERS LIABILITY LIVING STANDARDS LOAN LOAN AMOUNTS LOAN PORTFOLIO LONGITUDINAL DATA MEAT MICROCREDIT MICROCREDIT PROGRAMS MICROENTERPRISE CREDIT MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MILK NONFARM INCOME NUTRITION PENSIONS PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS PROGRAM EFFECTS RATES OF RETURN REDUCTION IN POVERTY REMITTANCES REORGANIZATION RETURNS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL CREDIT RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SAMPLE SIZE SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOLING SELECTION BIAS SELF-EMPLOYMENT SOLVENCY STOCKS TOTAL DEBT TRANSACTION TRANSPORT TREATMENT EFFECTS VEGETABLES VILLAGE FUND VILLAGE LEVEL VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGES WELFARE INDICATOR WELFARE MEASURES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17550228/microcredit-participants-bangladesh-trapped-poverty-debt http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13125

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17550228/microcredit-participants-bangladesh-trapped-poverty-debt
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13125

Are Microcredit Participants in Bangladesh Trapped in Poverty and Debt?

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