Title: Who needs credit?: Poverty and finance in Bangladesh
Abstract: Part I Overview: poverty and finance in Bangladesh - a new policy agenda, Iffath Sharif poverty and well-being - problems for poverty reduction in role of credit, Martin Greeley finance for the poor or poorest? - financial innovation, poverty and vulnerability, David Hulme and Paul Mosley the political economy of Micro-credit, Rehman Sobhan. Part II Case studies and themes: experiences and challenges in credit and poverty alleviation programmes in Bangladesh - the case of Proshika, Yuwa Hedrick-Wong, Bosse Kramsjo and Asgra Ali Sabri BRAC's poverty alleviation programme - what it is and what it achieved, A. Mushtaque, R. Chowdhury and M. Aminul Alam ASA Self-reliant Development Model, A.K. Aminur Rashid credit for poverty alleviation in Bangladesh - performance of public sector banks, Mosharraf Hossain Khan Grameen Bank, Syed M. Hashemi. Part III Problems of reaching the poorest: Micro-credit programmes - who participates and what does it matter?, Hassan Zaman those left behind - a note on targetting the hardcore poor, Syed M. Hashemi. Part IV Micro-credit - limitations of scale: the renegotiation of joint liability - notes from Madhupur, I. Matin poverty, profitability of micro enterprises and the role of credit, Rushidan I. Rahman breaking out of the ghetto - employment generation and credit for the poor, Geoffrey D. Wood. Part V Micro-credit - a restricted approach to financial services: savings - flexible financial services for the poor (and not just for the implementing organization), Graham Wright, M. Hossain and Stuart Rutherford informal financial services in Dhaka's slums, Stuart Rutherford. Conclusion: summary of workshop discussion and findings, Iffath Sharif and Geoffrey D. Wood.
Publication Year: 1997
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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