Manohar Sharma, Manfred Zeller
Manfred Zeller, Richard L. Meyer, Zeller, Manfred, Meyer, Richard L.
Contents: List of FiguresList of TablesList of BoxesForeword Preface 1 Improving the Preformance of Microfinance: Financial Sustainability, Outreach, and Impact MANFRED ZELLER AND RICHARD L. MEYERPART I Access to and Demand for Financial Services by the Poor 2 Access to and Demand for Financial Serv...
Aliou Diagne, Manfred Zeller, Manohar Sharma, Diagne, Aliou et al.
This paper presents a new methodological framework for measuring the level and household to bear the additional risk. A household determinants of household access to credit and may also benefit from mere access to credit, even if it credit constraints, and the effects of access to credit is not borr...
James E. Caldwell, Tom Heier, Peter M. C. Wright, Sean Lin et al.
BACKGROUND: The authors evaluated the influence of temperature on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of vecuronium because mild core hypothermia doubles its duration of action. METHODS: Anesthesia was induced with alfentanil and propofol and maintained with nitrous oxide and isoflurane in 12 ...
Manfred Zeller, Manohar Sharma
The authors examine the lessons that rural financial institutions such as banks and cooperatives can learn from the informal lending sector. They also considers the roles government should play in the provision of financial services. The report’s findings are gleaned from a series of detailed househ...
Manfred Zeller, Manohar Sharma, Akhter Ahmed, Shahidur Rashid
Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) made valuable comments on the survey, questionnaire design, and some
Shahidur Rashid, Manohar Sharma, Manfred Zeller
Despite higher profitability of High Yielding Varieties (HYVs), it has long been hypothesized that lack of access to credit is one of the main reasons, why farmers in developing countries continue to allocate a portion of their land to traditional crop varieties. The empirical testing of this hypoth...
Manohar Sharma, Manfred Zeller
Bangladesh has witnessed major strides in providing financial services to the rural poor. These services are provided largely through innovative group-based credit programs of several nongovernmental organizations. The implicit but widespread assumption has been that they are indeed placed in specia...
Akhter Ahmed, Shahidur Rashid, Manohar Sharma, Sajjad Zohir et al.
Donors support a number of targeted food-based programs in Bangladesh that are widely credited with providing poor people access to food and improving their food security. However, inefficiency in the food distribution system may be hindering the realization of the full benefits of these programs. T...
Samarasimha Reddy N, Nayana P. Nair, Jacqueline E. Tate, Varunkumar Thiyagarajan et al.
BACKGROUND: A three-dose, oral rotavirus vaccine (Rotavac) was introduced in the universal immunization program in India in 2016. A prelicensure trial involving 6799 infants was not large enough to detect a small increased risk of intussusception. Postmarketing surveillance data would be useful in a...
Manohar Sharma, Manfred Zeller
Manohar Sharma, Manfred Zeller
This paper analyzes the repayment rates of credit groups belonging to three group-based credit programs in Bangladesh: the Association for Social Advancement (ASA), the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), and the Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS). Hypotheses are drawn from economic th...
Manohar Sharma, Hassan Zaman
The paper assesses the costs and household level benefits of migrating overseas from Bangladesh. The authors survey households who have had overseas migrants to assess their characteristics compared to non-migrants. They also compute various types of migration and remittance related transaction cost...
Aliou Diagne, Manfred Zeller, Manohar Sharma
This paper presents a new methodological framework for measuring the level of household access to credit. It provides an analytical framework for examining the determinants of household credit limits and derives implications on information needed to examine the extent to which households are credit ...
Manohar Sharma, Hassan Zaman
The paper assesses the costs and household level benefits of migrating overseas from Bangladesh. We survey households who have had overseas migrants to assess their characteristics compared to non-migrants. We also compute various types of migration and remittance related transaction costs and discu...