Does Training Really Matter to the Rural Poor Borrowers in Bangladesh? A Case Study on BRAC

Abstract

The goal of this study was to assess the effect of training programme on the healthcare expenses of the households under BRAC's microcredit programme. This study showed that training played a significant role in improving the healthcare expenditure of the household. Other socioeconomic variables such as household income, family size, age of the borrower, noninstitutional loan received by borrowers, amount of microcredit received from BRAC by borrowers, amount of loan instalment and distance of rural market from the borrowers' house were also appeared as the key determinants of households' healthcare expenditure.

Role of social business in women entrepreneurship development in Bangladesh: perspectives from Nobin Udyokta projects of Grameen Telecom Trust

“…Rural women's economic activities are mainly confined to the household chores, and their mobility outside the home is also much restricted because of the existing patriarchal norms (Hilton et al, 2016;Kabeer, 2001;Mahmud et al, 2014;Murshid & Ball, 2018).The number of occupations is also limited to the rural women (Kabeer, 2001;Mahmud et al, 2014). Rural women have a lack of ownership and control over property such as land (Khan, et al, 2016;Uddin et al, 2016).…”

The role of training in building awareness about formalin abuse: evidence from Bangladesh

“…Training is closely related to the living-standard of a person which assists in increasing skills, production, income and management capacity (Hilton et al ., 2016; Mahmud et al ., 2014a; Mahmud et al ., 2017). In Bangladesh, several studies had been conducted to assess the role of training programs focusing on various socioeconomic issues relating to standard of living.…”

“…In Bangladesh, several studies had been conducted to assess the role of training programs focusing on various socioeconomic issues relating to standard of living. As for example, Hilton et al . (2016) found that the household health-care expenditure of rural poor women borrowers of BRAC (a reputable NGO) was increased because of the intervention of BRAC’s training program.…”

“…Training increases people’s skills, creates opportunities for higher income and profit and also increases understanding of various aspects of social, political and economic issues (Mahmud et al , 2014a; Hilton et al ., 2016). In examining the issue of formalin abuse, the influence of socioeconomic factors such as education and availability of storage facilities needs to be critically analyzed to understand their role in formalin abuse.…”

“…Thus, increasing the number of community leaders in the mass campaign against formalin abuse would be useful. Social networking assists people in acquiring knowledge, creating access to resources, diversifying income and obtaining services from public and private agencies (Hilton et al ., 2016). In fact, establishing an effective networking system among the stakeholders (e.g.…”