Microfinance and Poverty : Evidence using Panel Data from Bangladesh

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 impact of microfinance observed at the participant level represents either income redistribution or short run income generation from the microfinance intervention. This article examines the effects of microfinance on poverty reduction at both the participant and the aggregate levels using panel data from Bangladesh. The results suggest that access to microfinance contributes to poverty reduction, especially for female participants, and to overall poverty reduction at the village level. Microfinance thus helps not only poor participants but also the local economy.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Khandker, Shahidur R.
Format:	Journal Article biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2005-09-08
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING, AGGREGATE POVERTY, AMOUNT OF CREDIT, ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS, ASSET BUILDING, AVERAGE INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, BENEFICIARIES, BIDS, BORROWER, BORROWING, CAPITAL MOBILITY, COLLATERAL, COMMERCIAL BANKS, CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR, CONSUMPTION POVERTY, CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING, CONTROL GROUPS, CREDIT COEFFICIENTS, CREDIT CONSTRAINTS, CREDIT DISCIPLINE, CREDIT MARKETS, CREDIT PROGRAMS, CREDIT SOURCES, DEFAULT COSTS, DEMAND FOR CREDIT, DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS, ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EMPLOYMENT, EXPENDITURE, EXPENDITURES, EXTERNALITIES, EXTREME POVERTY, FEMALE EDUCATION, FINANCIAL SERVICES, FOOD EXPENDITURE, FOOD EXPENDITURES, FOOD POLICY, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD FACTORS, HOUSEHOLD FIXED EFFECTS, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSEHOLD WEALTH, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN RESOURCES, IMPACT ASSESSMENT, IMPACT EVALUATION, IMPACT ON POVERTY, IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, INCOME GENERATION, INCOME REDISTRIBUTION, INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERVENTION, LABOR MARKETS, LAND HOLDING, LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS, LOAN, LOAN DEFAULT, LOAN DEFAULT RATES, LOAN SIZE, LOAN VOLUME, LOCAL ECONOMY, LOCAL MARKET, MARKET CONDITIONS, MICRO-FINANCE, MICROCREDIT, MICROFINANCE, NEW ENTRANTS, NGO, PARTICIPATION RATES, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POOR, POOR BORROWERS, POOR FAMILIES, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR PEOPLE, POVERTY EFFECTS, POVERTY ESTIMATES, POVERTY IMPACT, POVERTY LEVEL, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION ACTIVITIES, POVERTY REDUCTION IMPACT, POVERTY STATUS, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRAM EFFECTS, PROGRAM EVALUATION, PROGRAM IMPACTS, PROGRAM PLACEMENT BIAS, RATE OF RETURN, REDUCTION IN POVERTY, RETURN, RETURNS, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL CREDIT, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL FINANCE, RURAL FINANCE INSTITUTIONS, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL POVERTY, SAVINGS, SCHOOLING, SMALL BUSINESS, SOCIAL INDICATORS, SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS, STOCKS, TARGETING, TOTAL POVERTY, TRANSACTION, TRANSACTION COSTS, TREATMENT GROUPS, VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS, VILLAGE LEVEL, VILLAGE LEVEL INFRASTRUCTURE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/17748192/microfinance-poverty-evidence-using-panel-data-bangladesh https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16478
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