Microfinance Safety Net
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Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15217856 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deborah Viola (New York Medical College, corresponding author), Qiuhu Shi (0000-0003-3200-8309, New York Medical College), Padmini Murthy (New York Medical College) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1005-1014 |
| Publication date | 2013-02-05 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Care For Women International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07399332.2012.673657 |
| PMID | 23384426 |
| OpenAlex | W2008754080 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
Malnutrition among families living in poorer communities has increased in the past two decades. Initiatives advocated by the World Bank include microfinance programs. Research attributing the success of these programs however, has mixed results. In this article we investigate how additional income provided by microfinance is associated with increased consumption of nondurables for households in rural villages in Bangladesh. For our purposes we compare consumption or money expensed on food, medicine, doctor fees, and smoking. Fisher's least significant difference (LSD) procedure was used to address multiple comparison issues among households. Our findings reinforce the importance of microfinance credit as a safety net. Access to additional income for poor villagers improves the consumption of basic needs as expected, regardless of how many loans are taken; consumption of "bads" remains virtually the same
Business · Consumption (sociology · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Malnutrition · Microfinance · Safety net · Socioeconomics · Agricultural risk and resilience · Medicine · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |