Islamic Micro-Finance Programme and its Impact on Rural Poverty Alleviation
Bangladesh launched a shari’ah based micro-finance programme in 1995 under the Rural Development Scheme to uplift the overall socioeconomic standards of rural poor. It covered 0.52 million group members, 94% of whom are females. This paper presents findings on this experiment using 1,020 responses i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universiti Utara Malaysia
2010-02-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Banking and Finance |
| Online Access: | https://www.scienceopen.com/document?vid=7246b94b-32ae-46b2-a5c1-09b2ebb3a809 |