Impact evaluation and client satisfaction of Northwest Microfinance Expansion Project

Bangladesh is known for its microfinance outreach. However. the density of microfinance is not evenly distributed. The poorer region, specially the northwestern part of Bangladesh has long been underserved by the microfinance institutions (MFI). BRAC"s Northwest Microfinance Expansion (NWME)...

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Hlavní autoři: Barua, Proloy, Munshi Sulaiman
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Jazyk:English
Vydáno: BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) 2020
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spelling 10361-136652020-01-22T21:01:19Z Impact evaluation and client satisfaction of Northwest Microfinance Expansion Project Barua, Proloy Munshi Sulaiman Client satisfaction Northwest Microfinance Expansion Project BRAC Microfinance Bangladesh Microfinance--Bangladesh. Consumer satisfaction Non-governmental organizations -- Bangladesh. Bangladesh is known for its microfinance outreach. However. the density of microfinance is not evenly distributed. The poorer region, specially the northwestern part of Bangladesh has long been underserved by the microfinance institutions (MFI). BRAC"s Northwest Microfinance Expansion (NWME) project was initiated in 2002 to increase outreach in that region. Though the impact of microfinance is well established among the practitioners. this study was initiated to investigate whether BRACs microfinance expansion in that region had any effect on the well-being of the beneficiaries. We found some concrete evidences of impact in different domains especially in their asset holding. Apart from impact evaluation, the study also looked at the level of satisfaction among microfinance participants. The determinants of client dropout have been explored to see whether and how much effect does satisfaction has on exit decision. Poverty of the participants, variation in economic status within the groups, availability of alternative service providers, level of client loyalty along with the overall satisfaction of the clients with the services were found to have significant influence on dropout. 2020-01-22T05:26:10Z 2020-01-22T05:26:10Z 2007-09 Research report Barua, P., & Sulaiman, M. (2007, September). Impact evaluation and client satisfaction of Northwest Microfinance Expansion Project. Research Reports (2007): Economic Studies, Vol – XXV, 19–60. http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13665 en application/pdf BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
institution Brac University
collection Institutional Repository
language English
topic Client satisfaction
Northwest Microfinance Expansion Project
BRAC
Microfinance
Bangladesh
Microfinance--Bangladesh.
Consumer satisfaction
Non-governmental organizations -- Bangladesh.
spellingShingle Client satisfaction
Northwest Microfinance Expansion Project
BRAC
Microfinance
Bangladesh
Microfinance--Bangladesh.
Consumer satisfaction
Non-governmental organizations -- Bangladesh.
Barua, Proloy
Munshi Sulaiman
Impact evaluation and client satisfaction of Northwest Microfinance Expansion Project
description Bangladesh is known for its microfinance outreach. However. the density of microfinance is not evenly distributed. The poorer region, specially the northwestern part of Bangladesh has long been underserved by the microfinance institutions (MFI). BRAC"s Northwest Microfinance Expansion (NWME) project was initiated in 2002 to increase outreach in that region. Though the impact of microfinance is well established among the practitioners. this study was initiated to investigate whether BRACs microfinance expansion in that region had any effect on the well-being of the beneficiaries. We found some concrete evidences of impact in different domains especially in their asset holding. Apart from impact evaluation, the study also looked at the level of satisfaction among microfinance participants. The determinants of client dropout have been explored to see whether and how much effect does satisfaction has on exit decision. Poverty of the participants, variation in economic status within the groups, availability of alternative service providers, level of client loyalty along with the overall satisfaction of the clients with the services were found to have significant influence on dropout.
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Munshi Sulaiman
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title Impact evaluation and client satisfaction of Northwest Microfinance Expansion Project
title_short Impact evaluation and client satisfaction of Northwest Microfinance Expansion Project
title_full Impact evaluation and client satisfaction of Northwest Microfinance Expansion Project
title_fullStr Impact evaluation and client satisfaction of Northwest Microfinance Expansion Project
title_full_unstemmed Impact evaluation and client satisfaction of Northwest Microfinance Expansion Project
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