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Economic Contribution Of Rural Women And Their Participation In The Household Decision Making Process In Bangladesh

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  • Begum, Asma
  • Chakrabortty, Krishna

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The present micro-study is concerned with an important aspect of the relation between the poor rural women and the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. This aspect refers to the status of poor women in the countryside in Bangladesh, after they started getting a modicum of income from economic activities aided by the credit from the Grameen Bank. More specifically, this study presents the data regarding the association between the economic activity indepedently carried out with the credit received from the Grameen Bank by the women of two villages, viz., Bhatpara and Panchdona, in Narsingdi district of Bangladesh, and differences, if any, in the status of the loanee and the non loanee women.

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  • Begum, Asma & Chakrabortty, Krishna, 1995. "Economic Contribution Of Rural Women And Their Participation In The Household Decision Making Process In Bangladesh," Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, vol. 18(1), pages 1-19, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:bdbjaf:202648
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.202648
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