How Infrastructure and Financial Institutions Affect Rural Income and Poverty : Evidence from Bangladesh

The mechanisms by which the poor benefit from economic growth remain a topic of debate in development literature. We address this issue in the context of rural Bangladesh, using a pooled dataset of three household panels between 1991-2001. Expansion of irrigation, paved roads, electricity, and acces...

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Main Authors:	Khandker, Shahidur R., Koolwal, Gayatri B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Factor Income Distribution D330 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Financial Markets Saving and Capital Investment Corporate Finance and Governance O160 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity R120
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spelling	okr-10986-46282021-04-23T14:02:18Z How Infrastructure and Financial Institutions Affect Rural Income and Poverty : Evidence from Bangladesh Khandker, Shahidur R. Koolwal, Gayatri B. Factor Income Distribution D330 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Financial Markets Saving and Capital Investment Corporate Finance and Governance O160 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity R120 The mechanisms by which the poor benefit from economic growth remain a topic of debate in development literature. We address this issue in the context of rural Bangladesh, using a pooled dataset of three household panels between 1991-2001. Expansion of irrigation, paved roads, electricity, and access to formal and informal credit have (through different veins) led to higher rural farm and non-farm incomes, accounting for exogenous local agroclimatic endowments that explain a large part of the variation in the growth of infrastructure and credit programmes. However, this has not translated into substantial reductions in poverty for the poorest households. 2012-03-30T07:28:54Z 2012-03-30T07:28:54Z 2010 Journal Article Journal of Development Studies 00220388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4628 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Bangladesh
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spellingShingle	Factor Income Distribution D330 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Financial Markets Saving and Capital Investment Corporate Finance and Governance O160 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity R120 Khandker, Shahidur R. Koolwal, Gayatri B. How Infrastructure and Financial Institutions Affect Rural Income and Poverty : Evidence from Bangladesh
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description	The mechanisms by which the poor benefit from economic growth remain a topic of debate in development literature. We address this issue in the context of rural Bangladesh, using a pooled dataset of three household panels between 1991-2001. Expansion of irrigation, paved roads, electricity, and access to formal and informal credit have (through different veins) led to higher rural farm and non-farm incomes, accounting for exogenous local agroclimatic endowments that explain a large part of the variation in the growth of infrastructure and credit programmes. However, this has not translated into substantial reductions in poverty for the poorest households.
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author	Khandker, Shahidur R. Koolwal, Gayatri B.
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title	How Infrastructure and Financial Institutions Affect Rural Income and Poverty : Evidence from Bangladesh
title_short	How Infrastructure and Financial Institutions Affect Rural Income and Poverty : Evidence from Bangladesh
title_full	How Infrastructure and Financial Institutions Affect Rural Income and Poverty : Evidence from Bangladesh
title_fullStr	How Infrastructure and Financial Institutions Affect Rural Income and Poverty : Evidence from Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed	How Infrastructure and Financial Institutions Affect Rural Income and Poverty : Evidence from Bangladesh
title_sort	how infrastructure and financial institutions affect rural income and poverty : evidence from bangladesh
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How Infrastructure and Financial Institutions Affect Rural Income and Poverty : Evidence from Bangladesh

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