Household and Intrahousehold Impact of the Grameen Bank and Similar Targeted Credit Programs in Bangladesh (World Bank Discussion Papers, 320)

Author: Shahidur R. Khandker, Mark Martin Pitt
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ISBN: 0821335944
Publisher: World Bank (June, 1996)
Sales Rank: 709,227
Average Customer Rating: 4 out of 5

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Rating: 4 out of 5
Econometric Approach
Gives an interesting methodology - using fixed effects - in order to remove possible endogeniety inherit within evaluating the impact of microfianance institutions. It goes into a great deal of detail on the topics of building the model and the econometric approach... however it attempts to run too many equations and therefore lacks a detailed discussion of the results and theory for each estimation. The dependent variables include: household expenditure, child health indicators, fertility and contraception use, and child education levels.
Overall it is fairly easy to read, even as an undergrad, and goes into pretty good detail about the innovative methods used.

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