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Group-based Financial Institutions for the Rural Poor in Bangladesh: An Institutional- and Household-Level Analysis
Do NGOs target their services in underdeveloped regions or do they locate in better endowed areas?
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Report states that nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) in Bangladesh have provided millions of poor rural people with savings and credit services at low cost. Services have reduced poverty; may have improved food security and nutrition; achieved positive social change.
Report:
- Analyses the fit between the rural poor and three key representative microfinance NGOs;
- Evaluates the effects of microfinance credit programs on household resource allocation, income generation, food and non-food consumption, and the social attitudes and capacities of members;
- Suggests that microfinance institutions should be expanded, but with careful attention to cost and financial sustainability.
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