Fighting poverty with microcredit : experience in Bangladesh / Shahidur R. Khandker. Khandker, Shahidur R. World Bank. Microfinance Bangladesh. Microfinance. 332.7 21 KHF 332.7095492 21 Published for the World Bank. Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index. Providing microcredit to the poor has become an important antipoverty scheme in many countries. Microcredit helps the poor become self-employed and thus generates income and reduces poverty. Are these programs cost-effective? This book addresses the question, drawing on the experiences of the well-known microcredit programs of Bangladesh's Grameen Bank, the Rural Development-12 project, and the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee. It examines the cost-effectiveness of microcredit programs vis-a-vis other antipoverty programs, such as Food-for-Work. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998. 1998. 1998 Text xii, 228 p. : eng Bangladesh.