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Microcredit and Poverty Alleviation
Tazul Islam
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Description for Microcredit and Poverty Alleviation
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The attempt of the Grameen Bank to alleviate poverty and enhance the skills and productivity of its rural women clients provides the fascinating backdrop to this important study of micro-credit institutions. Tazul Islam examines the real extent to which the Grameen Bank's credit-alone policy has been successful in securing the Bank's financial sustainability; its practical role in alleviating poverty and its actual impact on the productivity of its clients. This book concludes by considering alternative policy options that hold out the possibility of increased poverty alleviation.
The attempt of the Grameen Bank to alleviate poverty and enhance the skills and productivity of its rural women clients provides the fascinating backdrop to this important study of micro-credit institutions. Tazul Islam examines the real extent to which the Grameen Bank's credit-alone policy has been successful in securing the Bank's financial sustainability; its practical role in alleviating poverty and its actual impact on the productivity of its clients. This book concludes by considering alternative policy options that hold out the possibility of increased poverty alleviation.
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780754646808
SKU
V9780754646808
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Ref
99-1
About Tazul Islam
Tazul Islam is from the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
Reviews for Microcredit and Poverty Alleviation
'A highly recommended book for those interested to see how financial sustainability may conflict with poverty alleviation in the operation of micro-credit institutions in the epicentre of micro-credit, Bangladesh.' Kenneth E Jackson, University of Auckland, New Zealand 'For those who want to learn more about the now famous Grameen microfinance model of development, this is certainly a good reference.' The ... Read more