Poverty Alleviation with Microfinance: Bangladesh Evidence

Mohshin Habib () and Christine Jubb ()
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Mohshin Habib: Swinburne University of Technology
Christine Jubb: Swinburne University of Technology

Chapter Chapter 2 in Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia, 2015, pp 11-30 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This study provides evidence of the impact of membership of a microfinance institution (MFI) in Bangladesh on poverty alleviationPoverty alleviation . Using a quasi-experimental approachQuasi-experimental approach with a control group the members of which had never been members of a MFI, interviews with members of a prominent Bangladesh MFI were conducted in relation to their material possessions. In almost every aspect of material well-being, including income, ownership of assets, savingsSavings and food intake, members of the MFI are significantly better off than non-members when examined on a univariate basis. In multivariate tests, MFI membership is found to be associated with household income and, further, household wealth, measured in terms of savings, is associated with longer membership of a MFI.

Keywords: Microfinance; Poverty alleviation; Economic development; Empowerment of women; Bangladesh; Well-being (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-287-420-7_2

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