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Why has microfinance been a policy success in Bangladesh (and beyond)?

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  • David Hulme
  • Institute for Development Policy and Management
  • University of Manchester
  • Karen Moore
  • Institute for Development Policy and Management
  • University of Manchester

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  • David Hulme & Institute for Development Policy and Management & University of Manchester & Karen Moore & Institute for Development Policy and Management & University of Manchester, 2006. "Why has microfinance been a policy success in Bangladesh (and beyond)?," Economics Series Working Papers GPRG-WPS-041, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
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    1. Marguerite S. Robinson, 2002. "The Microfinance Revolution : Volume 2. Lessons from Indonesia," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 14254.
    2. Shahidur R. Khandker, 2005. "Microfinance and Poverty: Evidence Using Panel Data from Bangladesh," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 19(2), pages 263-286.
    3. Goetz, Anne Marie & Gupta, Rina Sen, 1996. "Who takes the credit? Gender, power, and control over loan use in rural credit programs in Bangladesh," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 24(1), pages 45-63, January.
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    2. Janet Seeley, 2015. "Microfinance and HIV prevention," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(145), pages 488-496, September.
    3. Harold Sougato Baroi & Pranab Kumar Panday, 2015. "NGOs in Local Governance in Bangladesh," South Asian Survey, , vol. 22(2), pages 156-170, September.
    4. Annabel Vanroose, 2008. "What macro factors make microfinance institutions reach out?," Working Papers CEB 08-036.RS, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    5. Mohamedou Bouasria & Arvind Ashta & Zaka Ratsimalahelo, 2020. "Bottlenecks to Financial Development, Financial Inclusion, and Microfinance: A Case Study of Mauritania," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-28, October.

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