Who needs credit?: Poverty and finance in Bangladesh

Part I Overview: poverty and finance in Bangladesh - a new policy agenda, Iffath Sharif poverty and well-being - problems for poverty reduction in role of credit, Martin Greeley finance for the poor or poorest? - financial innovation, poverty and vulnerability, David Hulme and Paul Mosley the political economy of Micro-credit, Rehman Sobhan. Part II Case studies and themes: experiences and challenges in credit and poverty alleviation programmes in Bangladesh - the case of Proshika, Yuwa Hedrick-Wong, Bosse Kramsjo and Asgra Ali Sabri BRAC's poverty alleviation programme - what it is and what it achieved, A. Mushtaque, R. Chowdhury and M. Aminul Alam ASA Self-reliant Development Model, A.K. Aminur Rashid credit for poverty alleviation in Bangladesh - performance of public…