附註:"Published for the World Bank."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index.
Poverty alleviation and microcredit programs -- The evolution of microcredit programs in Bangladesh -- Socioeconomic impacts of microcredit programs -- Growth potential of activities financed through microcredit -- Institutional and financial viability of microcredit programs -- Microcredit programs and rural financial markets -- Cost effectiveness of alternative poverty alleviation programs -- Conclusions and policy implications: what have we learned? -- App. A. Statistical tables -- App. B. Description of the sample used in the Bangladesh Institute Of Development Studies World Bank 1991/92 survey -- App. C. Evaluating microcredit programs -- App. D. Resolving the problem of endogeneity in estimating the impact of credit.
摘要:"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.
