Citation:Suzuki, Y., Barai, M. K., Adhikary, B. K., & Wanniarachchige, M. K. (2011). The Grameen Bank “Empowering the Poor” Model of Microcredit: An Institutional Comparison with the Traditional Mode of the Japanese Banking System. The Journal of Comparative Asian Development, 10(1), 129–156.
Date:2011
Abstract:
This paper proposes an institutional approach to understanding the success
of a South Asian “empowering the poor” model of microcredit — the
“Grameen Bank”. We compare the institutional settings in the model with
those in the traditional mode of Japanese relation-based banking which
greatly contributed to Japan’s high growth, to shed an analytical light on
the advantages and sustainability of Bangladesh’s microcredit industry.
