Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor 2021: Volume III—Digitalizing Microfinance in Bangladesh: Findings from the Baseline Survey
Publication | April 2022
This volume focuses on the digitalization of microfinance in Bangladesh to help make finance more affordable for small businesses, and finds it to be a promising avenue for further exploration.
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Micro, small, and medium-sized businesses provide much of the income in rural Bangladesh, but their growth is constrained by limited access to affordable finance. This volume reports on a 2021 baseline study carried out in Bangladesh to pilot a randomized controlled trial to determine whether a digitalized group-based credit scheme could be introduced at an affordable price. The findings provide justification for further study on the digitalization of microfinance.
Contents
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Salient Features of Census, Household, and Village Sample
- Defining MSMEs and Their Relevance to Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals
- State of Microfinance and Microfinance Institutions
- Microenterprise Access to Financial Services
- Assessing the Impact of Financial Services on Microenterprise Productivity
- Assessing the Impact of Microenterprise on Rural Income: Does Access to Microfinance Matter?
- Mitigating Risk in Microenterprise Production and Rural Income
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Sample Design and Data Collection and Description
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