Credit for the poor: the case of BRAC in Bangladesh

As the rural population of Bangladesh increases, landlessness among people once dependent upon agriculture is a growing problem. The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) has been working with the rural poor since 1972, and in 1979 it began to provide credit via its 81 branches through the R...

Ful tanımlama

Detaylı Bibliyografya
Asıl Yazarlar: Chowdhury, AMR, Mahmood, M, Abed, FH
Materyal Türü: Research report
Dil:English
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: BRAC 2019
Konular:
Online Erişim:http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13286
id 10361-13286
record_format dspace
spelling 10361-132862019-12-17T21:01:09Z Credit for the poor: the case of BRAC in Bangladesh Chowdhury, AMR Mahmood, M Abed, FH Rural poor Credit BRAC Case study Microfinance--Bangladesh. Microfinance--BRAC (Organization)--Case studies. As the rural population of Bangladesh increases, landlessness among people once dependent upon agriculture is a growing problem. The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) has been working with the rural poor since 1972, and in 1979 it began to provide credit via its 81 branches through the Rural Development Programme (RDP). Ten years later the success of the RDP in generating incomes and employment through small businesses and building up assets has been evaluated, and this article describes the results of the evaluation. 2019-12-17T09:09:32Z 2019-12-17T09:09:32Z 1991 Research report Chowdhury, A., Mahmood, M., & Abed, F. (1991). Credit for the poor: the case of BRAC in Bangladesh. AMR Chowdhury Publications Volume I: 1978-199, 242–251. http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13286 en application/pdf BRAC
institution Brac University
collection Institutional Repository
language English
topic Rural poor
Credit
BRAC
Case study
Microfinance--Bangladesh.
Microfinance--BRAC (Organization)--Case studies.
spellingShingle Rural poor
Credit
BRAC
Case study
Microfinance--Bangladesh.
Microfinance--BRAC (Organization)--Case studies.
Chowdhury, AMR
Mahmood, M
Abed, FH
Credit for the poor: the case of BRAC in Bangladesh
description As the rural population of Bangladesh increases, landlessness among people once dependent upon agriculture is a growing problem. The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) has been working with the rural poor since 1972, and in 1979 it began to provide credit via its 81 branches through the Rural Development Programme (RDP). Ten years later the success of the RDP in generating incomes and employment through small businesses and building up assets has been evaluated, and this article describes the results of the evaluation.
format Research report
author Chowdhury, AMR
Mahmood, M
Abed, FH
author_facet Chowdhury, AMR
Mahmood, M
Abed, FH
author_sort Chowdhury, AMR
title Credit for the poor: the case of BRAC in Bangladesh
title_short Credit for the poor: the case of BRAC in Bangladesh
title_full Credit for the poor: the case of BRAC in Bangladesh
title_fullStr Credit for the poor: the case of BRAC in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Credit for the poor: the case of BRAC in Bangladesh
title_sort credit for the poor: the case of brac in bangladesh
publisher BRAC
publishDate 2019
url http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13286
work_keys_str_mv AT chowdhuryamr creditforthepoorthecaseofbracinbangladesh
AT mahmoodm creditforthepoorthecaseofbracinbangladesh
AT abedfh creditforthepoorthecaseofbracinbangladesh
_version_ 1814309115667677184