"The Impact of Microcredit on the Poor in Bangladesh: Revisiting the Evidence," by David Roodman and Jonathan Morduch (2014) (henceforth RM) is the most recent of a sequence of papers and web postings that seeks to refute the findings of the Pitt and Khandker (1998; henceforth PK) article "The Impact of Group-Based Credit on Poor Households in Bangladesh: Does the Gender of Participants Matter?" ... Vea más + that microcredit for women had significant, favorable effects on household consumption and other outcomes. In this version of RM, the authors have backed off many of their prior claims and methods after earlier replies noted their faults (see Pitt (1999), Pitt (2011a), Pitt (2011b), and Pitt and Khandker (2012)). Nonetheless, important claims against PK remain in this new version of RM and are addressed below. Readers should refer to Pitt and Khandker (2012) for a discussion of other issues with RM, including a discussion of the bimodal likelihood.  Ver menos -

Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS6801 Fecha del documento: MAR 01, 2014

Autor: Pitt, Mark M.

The development objective of the National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) for Bangladesh is to improve the effectiveness of the NAT system in Bangladesh. ... Vea más + This restructuring will bring the following changes: (a) revision of the project development objective; (b) triggering of new safeguard policies; (c) up-grading of the environmental category from C to B; (d) reallocation of credit proceeds; and (e) the addition of grant financing in the form of a United States (U.S.) 23.715 million dollars grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to support the costs linked to the scaling up of NATP.  Ver menos -

Tipo de documento: Documento de proyecto Número del informe: 83527 Fecha del documento: FEB 12, 2014

Tipo de documento: Carta de desembolsos Número del informe: Fecha del documento: FEB 10, 2014

Autor: Moorhead,Matthew Paul

Tipo de documento: Carta de desembolsos Número del informe: Fecha del documento: FEB 10, 2014

Autor: Levesque,Roch

Tipo de documento: Carta complementaria Número del informe: Fecha del documento: FEB 10, 2014

Autor: Levesque,Roch

The objectives of the Rural Electricity Transmission and Distribution Project for Bangladesh are to reduce system losses and enhance capacity in the rural distribution network of primarily the eastern part of the country. ... Vea más + The project is implemented through the following components: 1) rural grid augmentation and rehabilitation; 2) transmission enhancement; and 3) institutional strengthening. The first component supports the augmentation and rehabilitation needs of thirty-nine Palli Biddyut Samities (PBSs) - rural electric cooperatives - in the eastern part of Bangladesh. The second component identifies substations that will be needed for the rural distribution network in the project areas and ensures their effective functioning and transmission capacities. The final component supports various institutional strengthening needs as and when necessary.  Ver menos -

Tipo de documento: Documento de evaluación inicial de proyecto Número del informe: PAD748 Fecha del documento: FEB 03, 2014

Tipo de documento: Informe sobre el estado de ejecución y los resultados Número del informe: ISR13366 Fecha del documento: JAN 27, 2014

Autor: Sharif,Iffath Anwar

Tipo de documento: Documento de información sobre el proyecto Número del informe: 84373 Fecha del documento: JAN 25, 2014

Tipo de documento: Informe sobre el estado de ejecución y los resultados Número del informe: ISR13396 Fecha del documento: JAN 23, 2014

Autor: Niang,Cecile Thioro

Tipo de documento: Convenio Número del informe: Fecha del documento: JAN 21, 2014

Autor: Moorhead,Matthew Paul