Women and Microcredit in Rural Bangladesh
Subtitle: An Anthropological Study of Grameen Bank Lending
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: February 21, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780813339306
Subjects: Banking; Credit & credit institutions; Microeconomics; Social & cultural anthropology; Women's studies; Social Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Sociology; Bangladesh; Banks & Banking; Business & Economics / Banks & Banking; Anthropology - General
First sentence: Microcredit-the extension of small amounts of collateral-free institutional loans to jointly liable poor group members for their self-employ-ment and income generation-is a Grameen Bank innovation.