Abstract :
In Bangladesh, a microbanking system exclusively targeted at female entrepeneurs has been combined with a streamlined domestic construction process, transforming the possibilities of affordable housing for the rural poor. Dr Adnan Morshed tells Sharifaʹs story; how a very modest loan from the Grameen Bank allowed Sharifa and her family to build a house and to realise what amounts to very much more than even a permanent home. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Keywords :
collateral-free microloans , yearning for dignity , female population , gender justice , social towering , Grameen Housing Loan Program , Bangladesh-based microfinance organisation , eco-friendly building materials , domestic space , microcredit to the rural poor , bungalow , reinforced concrete pillars , corrugated-tin sheets , Bernard Rudofsky , architecture without architects , Muhammad Yunus , Grameen Bank , Amartya Senיs ideas
