Assessing the Impact of the Grameen Bank on Women's Status and Fertility in Bangladesh
Published 1992
The Grameen Bank (GB) is a recently developed, innovative, and highly organized credit union system in Bangladesh. It has achieved remarkable success in income generation among the rural poor, particularly poor women. Currently it serves more than 1.5 million members, 93 percent of whom are women. The Bank appears to have had a substantial economic and social impact on the lives of poor women in Bangladesh. The purpose of the paper is to review the potential impact of GB activities on aspects of economic and social life that affect women's status and fertility.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
- Availability: Web-Only
- Year: 1993
- Pages: 30
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/DRU485
- Document Number: DRU-485-RF
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Rahman, Mizanur and Julie DaVanzo, Assessing the Impact of the Grameen Bank on Women's Status and Fertility in Bangladesh, RAND Corporation, DRU-485-RF, 1993. As of July 10, 2026: https://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU485.html
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Rahman, Mizanur and Julie DaVanzo, Assessing the Impact of the Grameen Bank on Women's Status and Fertility in Bangladesh. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1993. https://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU485.html.
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