Fighting poverty with microcredit
Subtitle: experience in Bangladesh
By: Shahidur R. Khandker.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Microfinance -- Bangladesh.; Microfinance.
Description: "Providing microcredit to the poor has become an important antipoverty scheme in many countries. Microcredit helps the poor become self-employed and thus generates income and reduces poverty." "Are these programs cost-effective? This book addresses the question, drawing on the experiences of the well-known microcredit programs of Bangladesh's Grameen Bank, the Rural Development-12 project, and the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee. It examines the cost-effectiveness of microcredit programs vis-a-vis other antipoverty programs, such as Food-for-Work."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index.
"Published for the World Bank."