Poverty and Microfinance: An Investigation into the Role of Microcredit in Reducing the Poverty Level of Borrowing Households in Bangladesh and the Philippines
In: The Whitehead journal of diplomacy and international relations, Band 9, Heft 2, S. 19-35
ISSN: 1538-6589
The present article is intended to analyze how effective microcredit programs are in alleviating the poverty level of borrowing households in Bangladesh and the Philippines. A quasi-experimental design has been formulated to achieve this objective. The survey design covers two types of households, program households and comparison households. Program households are those which have already received more than one loan from a microcredit program. Comparison households are those which have just joined a microcredit program and therefore have not received any loans from that program. There will be a comparison between the poverty level of both households to assess the impact of microcredit on borrowing households. Adapted from the source document.