Autor: Shahidur R. Khandker

‘Handbook on Poverty + Inequality’ was originally designed to support training courses in poverty analysis and inequality. The ‘Handbook’ begins with an explanatory text that includes numerous exampl …

Public programs are designed to reach certain goals and beneficiaries. Methods to understand whether such programs actually work, as well as the level and nature of impacts on intended beneficiaries, …

Bangladesh has the world’s fastest growing, off-grid solar home system (SHS) coverage. The number of SHSinstallations has risen phenomenally-from a five-year target of 50, 000 in 2003 to 50, 000 a mo …

The recent past has witnessed phenomenal growth in microfinance institutions (MFIs) around the world. Today, as many as 200 million people are beneficiaries of microfinance. With its worldwide attent …

Rural energys importance to the Bangladesh economy cannot be underestimated, The problems rural people face in obtaining safe, clean, and reliable energy supplies are not minor inconveniences. People …