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Microfinance supports mainly informal activities that often have a low return and low market demand. It may therefore be hypothesized that the aggregate poverty impact of microfinance is modest or even nonexistent. If true, the poverty impact of microfinance observed at the participant level represents either income redistribution or short run income generation from the microfinance intervention. This article examines the effects of microfinance on poverty reduction at both the participant and the aggregate levels using panel data from Bangladesh. The results suggest that access to microfinance contributes to poverty reduction, especially for female participants, and to overall poverty reduction at the village level. Microfinance thus helps not only poor participants but also the local economy.

Shahidur R. Khandker, Victor Lavy, Deon Filmer ; Includes bibliographical references (p. 25) ; Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2000 ; Parallel als Buch-Ausg. erschienen

The application of an econometric model to survey data from 351 Bangladeshi households indicates between that there are important linkages between a farmer's occupational status and his material input demand, supervision inputs and therefore, farm productivity. The results show that occupational status can serve as a convenient, measurable indicator that compiles a farmer's personal traits such as education, his input management ability etc. (DÜI-Sen)