Does Microfinance Impact on Rural Empowerment in Bangladesh? Differences Between Governmental and Non-Governmental Microfinance Programs

作者：Mazumder Mohummed Shofi Ullah; Lu Wencong^*

来源：Sustainable Development, 2015, 23(3): 135-152.

DOI：10.1002/sd.1578

• microfinance
• PSM
• Rosenbaum bound method
• rural empowerment
• governmental organization
• non-governmental organization

We investigate the impact of microfinance providers on economic, family and social, and political empowerment. Data were collected in two phases from 300 microfinance beneficiaries and 200 controls. Descriptive statistics, factor analysis, multiple regression, propensity score matching and the Rosenbaum bound method were used for analysis. In the majority of areas, microfinance increased recipients' empowerment. Both econometric estimations showed the largest effects for family and social and political empowerment in recipients of governmental microfinance, while non-governmental microfinance recipients saw greater improvements in economic empowerment.

• 出版日期2015-6
• 单位浙江大学