Poverty and Micro-Credit Activities of Northern Bangladesh

ISBN-13: 9783659133350 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 116 str.

Mst Shifat Rumana; MD Mizanoor Rahman

Opis

The book focuses on micro-credit activities, which is one the burning issues of Bangladesh attracts attention not only national elite class, policy makers and planners but also international arena. On the other hand, the Monga syndrome which resulted in long term extreme poverty is another concern issue in many parts of Northern Bangladesh. Monga is a Bengali word that means a famine-like situation, which appears especially in September through November or in Bengali month of Ashin and Kartrik people usually called the period as Mora Kartik, meaning the month of death and disaster. To eliminate the Monga situation the micro-credit programme of Grmmen Bank (GB) is playing a vital role. Socio-economic condition of GB borrowers has improved in terms of income, expenditure, type of house, sanitation, ownership of household furniture etc.

O autorze

Rumana, Mst. ShifatMst. Shifat Rumana is a Lecturer at the Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh. Md. Mizanoor Rahman is an Associate Professor at the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh.