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The Impact of Microcredit Loans on School Enrolment in Bangladesh.

Human capital investment, especially in education, is a well-known precursor of economic growth in developing countries. In recent years, there has been a proliferation of microfinance programmes, yet evidence on whether microfinance leads to increased educational investment is tenuous at best. We u...

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Published in:Journal of Development Studies Vol. 56; no. 9; pp. 1725 - 1745
Main Authors: Kandulu, John, Wheeler, Sarah, Zuo, Alec, Sim, Nicholas
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2020
Subjects:
Bangladesh
School enrollment
Economic expansion
Schoolboys
Microfinance
Propensity score matching
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