Bangladesh and Finance policy
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- The BLDS finance collection
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- Search for the latest finance-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Designing flexible pensions systems to encompass more workers
- Y. Hu; F. Stewart / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
- Pension reform around the world in recent decades has focused mainly on the formal sector. Consequently, many of those working in the informal sector have been left out of structured pension arrangements, particularly in developing co...
- Views on the current financial crisis from the global South
- Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
- The global financial crisis is already beginning to have an impact on the ‘real economy’ in poorer countries around the world. However, the debate in the west about the impact of the crisis has largely ignored it...
- Profits for the people and the planet: lessons from Bangladesh
- A.K. Ghalib; F. Hossain / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2008
- In a deeply unequal and increasingly fragile world, some people are calling for a more socially responsive form of capitalism. Others are already exploring ways of operatationalising such a concept. One such experiment has just taken ...
- Variable and non-monetary savings models enhance the rural ultra poor's savings
- N. Mukherjee 2008
- Microfinance (MF) organisations assume that savings need to be in financial form and should be done with regularity and predictability. MF is therefore not adequate to enhance the rural ultra poor's savings marked by: v...
- The use of direct taxes and government expenditure programs to achieve income distribution
- J. Martinez-Vazquez / International Studies Programmme, Georgia State University, 2007
- This paper provides an overview of the conceptual bases of incidence analyses. It highlights some measurement issues, reviews the main techniques used to estimate tax, benefit and fiscal incidence, and summarises the empirical results...
- The potential contribution of microfinance in reducing poverty
- N. Hermes; R. Lensink / Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007
- Especially during the past 10 years, microfinance programmes have been introduced in many developing economies. This article provides a critical evaluation of the discussion on the potential contribution of microfinance in reducing po...
- Effective ultra-poor targeting of microfinance efforts in Bangladesh requires specifically tailored programmes
- P. Barua; M. Sulaiman / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2006
- In 2001 the BDP microfinance ultra-poor programme was established in rural Bangladesh. To attract and sustain the participation of the ultra-poor, this experimental programme provides credit and enterprise training, as well as service...
- Recommendations for improving gender equality in poverty reduction in Bangladesh
- F. Shah / KfW Bankengruppe, 2006
- This paper critically examines the issue of gender and women’s equality in Bangladesh. The author asserts that while overall poverty has decreased in this country in recent years, poverty continues to have concrete gender dimensi...
- The Bangladeshi government must reduce its involvement in the financial system if growth is to continue
- T. Beck; M. Habibur Rahman / World Bank, 2006
- Bangladesh has embarked on a path to reform its financial system, most prominently by privatising its government-owned banks, the Nationalised Commercial Banks (NCBs). This policy research working paper argues that if the expansion of...
- Under what conditions does competition result in lower interest rates for microfinance customers?
- D. Porteus / Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest, 2006
- This briefing note asks: "Does competition result in lower interest rates to microcredit customers?" The question is set against the fact that, despite the assumed logic that interest rates on microloans would fall with increased comp...
- Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI)
- Bangladesh Enterprise Institute is a non-profit, non-political research centre. Established in October 2000, the Institute has established for itself a reputation for excellence in its research and advocacy work focusing on the growth of private enterprise in Bangladesh. The Institute promotes issues of importance to the private sector and seeks to initiate essential measures and influence policy...
