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Working Papers

2023

1. Does Quality of Electricity Supply Matter for Development? An Evaluation of Service Level Benefits in Nepal
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group

2019

2. Bangladesh - Beyond Connections
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
3. Electrification and Women's Empowerment: Evidence from Rural India
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (9)
4. Have Improved Cookstoves Benefitted Rural Kenyans?
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
5. How Do Enterprises Benefit from Grid Connection?
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group

2018

6. Electrification and Household Welfare: Evidence from Pakistan
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (9)

2017

7. Heterogeneous effects of rural electrification: evidence from Bangladesh
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (10)
8. Seasonality of rural finance
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2016

9. Bangladesh’s Achievement in Poverty Reduction: The Role of Microfinance Revisited
   Working Papers, JICA Research Institute
10. Benefits of electrification and the role of reliability: evidence from India
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (13)
11. Is Seasonal Hunger a Distant Memory in Bangladesh? Revisiting Earlier Evidences
    Working Papers, JICA Research Institute View citations (2)
12. Transformation of Rural Bangladesh: Role of Infrastructure and Financial Institutions
    Working Papers, JICA Research Institute View citations (1)

2014

13. Are Microcredit Borrowers in Bangladesh Over-indebted?
    Working Papers, Institute of Microfinance (InM) View citations (2)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2013) View citations (8)
14. Are Microcredit Participants in Bangladesh Trapped in Poverty and Debt?
    Working Papers, Institute of Microfinance (InM) View citations (2)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2013) View citations (6)
15. Dynamic effects of microcredit in Bangladesh
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (24)

2013

16. Addressing household air pollution: a case study in rural Madagascar
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
17. Does Access to Finance Matter in Microenterprise Growth? Evidence from Bangladesh
    2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (10)
    Also in Working Papers, Institute of Microfinance (InM) (2013) View citations (10)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2013) View citations (9)
18. Microfinance Growth and Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh: What Does the Longitudinal Data Say?
    Working Papers, Institute of Microfinance (InM) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Microfinance Growth and Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh: What Does the Longitudinal Data Say?, Bangladesh Development Studies, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) (2014) View citations (5) (2014)
19. The benefits of solar home systems:an analysis from Bangladesh
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (37)

2012

20. Who Benefits Most from Rural Electrification? Evidence in India
    2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (45)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2012) View citations (38)
    See also Journal Article Who Benefits Most from Rural Electrification? Evidence in India, The Energy Journal (2014) View citations (24) (2014)

2011

21. Can Social Safety Nets Cure Monga in North West Bangladesh?
    Working Papers, Institute of Microfinance (InM) View citations (3)
22. Can social safety nets alleviate seasonal deprivation ? evidence from northwest Bangladesh
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)
23. Quantifying Carbon and distributional benefits of solar home system programs in Bangladesh
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)

2010

24. Energy access, efficiency, and poverty: how many households are energy poor in Bangladesh ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (25)
25. Energy poverty in rural and urban India: are the energy poor also income poor ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (37)
26. Seasonal Migration and Mitigating Income Seasonality In Northwest Bangladesh
    Working Papers, Institute of Microfinance (InM) View citations (1)
27. Seasonal and extreme poverty in Bangladesh: evaluating an ultra-poor microfinance project
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)
28. Seasonality and Hard-Core Poor with Microfinance: Results of the PKSF Ultra-Poor Project in Bangladesh
    Working Papers, Institute of Microfinance (InM)
29. Vulnerability to Seasonal Hunger and Its Mitigation in Northwest Bangladesh
    Working Papers, Institute of Microfinance (InM) View citations (6)

2009

30. Welfare impacts of rural electrification: a case study from Bangladesh
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (69)
31. Welfare impacts of rural electrification: evidence from Vietnam
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (46)

Journal Articles

2021

1. Mobile phones, household welfare, and women’s empowerment: evidence from rural off-grid regions of Bangladesh
   Information Technology for Development, 2021, 27, (2), 191-207 View citations (3)

2015

2. Mitigating seasonal hunger with microfinance in Bangladesh: how does a flexible programme compare with the regular ones?
   Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2015, 7, (1), 23-42 View citations (1)
3. Who Benefits Most from Microfinance in Bangladesh?
   Bangladesh Development Studies, 2015, 38, (4), 1-30 View citations (1)

2014

4. Microfinance Growth and Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh: What Does the Longitudinal Data Say?
   Bangladesh Development Studies, 2014, 37, (1-2), 127-157 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Microfinance Growth and Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh: What Does the Longitudinal Data Say?, Working Papers (2013) View citations (12) (2013)
5. Who Benefits Most from Rural Electrification? Evidence in India
   The Energy Journal, 2014, 35, (2), 75-96 View citations (24)
   See also Working Paper Who Benefits Most from Rural Electrification? Evidence in India, 2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington (2012) View citations (45) (2012)

2013

6. Welfare Impacts of Rural Electrification: A Panel Data Analysis from Vietnam
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2013, 61, (3), 659 - 692 View citations (131)

2012

7. Are the energy poor also income poor? Evidence from India
   Energy Policy, 2012, 47, (C), 1-12 View citations (113)
8. Seasonal Hunger and Its Mitigation in North-West Bangladesh
   Journal of Development Studies, 2012, 48, (12), 1750-1764 View citations (12)

2011

9. Energy poverty in rural Bangladesh
   Energy Policy, 2011, 39, (2), 894-904 View citations (160)
10. The Welfare Impacts of Rural Electrification in Bangladesh
    The Energy Journal, 2011, 33, (1), 187-206 View citations (1)

2010

11. Seasonal Migration to Mitigate Income Seasonality: Evidence from Bangladesh
    Journal of Development Studies, 2010, 48, (8), 1063-1083 View citations (4)

1998

12. Income and employment effects of micro-credit programmes: Village-level evidence from Bangladesh
    Journal of Development Studies, 1998, 35, (2), 96-124 View citations (33)