Does Microcredit Really Matter for Healthcare Expenditure of the Poor Fish-Farmers? Perspective from Rural Bangladesh

The prime objective of this study was to assess the impact of microcredit on the household health care expenditure of the fish farmers in Bangladesh. Primary data was collected from the landless, marginal and small fish farmers from Tangail and Gazipur districts of Bangladesh. The simple random samp...

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Published in:	Journal of poverty Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 147 - 167
Main Authors:	Mahmud, Kazi Tanvir, Hilton, David
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Binghamton Routledge 23-02-2020 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	Bangladesh expenditure Expenditures Farmers health care Health care expenditures Health services impact Microcredit Microfinance Rural poverty Bangladesh
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Summary:	The prime objective of this study was to assess the impact of microcredit on the household health care expenditure of the fish farmers in Bangladesh. Primary data was collected from the landless, marginal and small fish farmers from Tangail and Gazipur districts of Bangladesh. The simple random sampling (SRS) technique was used to select the samples for this study. The propensity score matching (PSM) technique was also used to assess the impact of microcredit on the household health care expenditure. The study showed that the intervention of microcredit could not make any significant impact on the health care expenditure.
ISSN:	1087-5549 1540-7608
DOI:	10.1080/10875549.2019.1668901