Credit Programs for the Poor And the Health Status of Children in Rural Bangladesh

By M. Pitt, Shahidur R. Khandker, O. H. Chowdhury, Daniel L. Millimet. 2003

307 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Gender Studies, Safety Research

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/08aff2a7d2b35668f25d5ea8968298734adbbf78

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Economics and Econometrics

In Gender Studies

In Safety Research

Citations in the corpus

High Noon for Microfinance Impact Evaluations: Re-investigating the Evidence from Bangladesh (2012, methodology): “RnM do not replicate Chemin or other studies by Pitt and or Khandker which used ‘the’ PnK data (Khandker, 1996, 2000; Pitt et al., 1999; Pitt, 2000; McKernan, 2002; Pitt and Khandker, 2002; Pitt et al., 2003; Menon, 2006; Pitt et al., 2006).”
The Impact of Economic Resource Transfers to Women Versus Men (2012, methodology): “…Bank (Pitt and Khandker, 1998; Pitt et al., 1999; Pitt et al., 2003), BRAC (Pitt and Khandker, 1998; Pitt et al., 1999; Pitt et al., 2003; Pitt et al., 2006) and Bangladesh Rural Development Bank or BRDB (Pitt and Khandker, 1998; Pitt et al., 1999; Pitt et al., 2003; Roodman and Morduch 2009).”
Restricting Consumer Credit Access: Household Survey Evidence on Effects around the Oregon Rate Cap (2008, background): “see, e.g., Coleman (1999), Kaboski and Townsend (2005), McKernan (2002), Pitt et al. (2003) , and Pitt and Khandker (1998).”
Empowering Women with Micro Finance: Evidence from Bangladesh (2006, methodology): “Earlier work (Pitt and Khandker 1998; Pitt et al. 1999; Pitt 2000; Pitt et al. 2003) has found that the effects of program participation differ importantly by the gender of program participant.”
Gender equality and food security : women's empowerment as a tool against hunger (2013, background): “This is confirmed by a number of studies, which converge in demonstrating the benefits—for the health, educational, and nutritional outcomes of children—of women increasing their control over the use of incomes and assets within the household (Dwyer and Bruce 1988; Hobcraft 1993; Bicego and Boerma 1”
Systematic Review. What is the evidence of the impact of microfinance on the well-being of poor people? (2011, background): “Probably the most authoritative studies are by Pitt and Khandker (1998) (PnK), and Khandker (1998 and 2005) (see also related papers Pitt et al. 2006, 2003, 1999) These authors argue that microfinance has significant benefits for the poor, especially when targeted on women; ‘PnK and Khandker (2005)…”
Impact of Microfinance on Rural Households in the Philippines (2009, unknown): “6 Originally attributed to Rosenbaum and Rubin (1983). This is defined as conditional on observable characteristics, the treatment and outcome variables are independent.”
Gender Equality, Poverty and Economic Growth (2007, methodology): “Using the same data as Pitt and Khandker (1998) and correcting for the potential sources of bias mentioned earlier, Pitt et al. (2003) find that credit to women has a significant positive effect on children’s health, while credit to men does not have an effect.”
Financial Sector Development and the Millennium Development Goals (2007, background): “MkNelly and Dunford (1998) on Ghana; Panjaitan-Drioadisuryo, Rositan, and Cloud (1999) on Indonesia; Dunn (2001) on Peru; Todd (2000) on Phillipines; and Pitt et al. (2003) on Bangladesh. For an overview on more case studies, see Morduch and Haley (2002). 67. Burgess and Pande (2005). 68.”