Role of micro-finance for economic uplift of urban poor women (A study on Rishi Para slum, Narayangang Pouroshova)
1.1 Background Bangladesh is a poor and third world developing country. Natural disaster, lack of better livelihood in rural areas caused migration from rural areas to urban areas. As a result urban population is increasing rapidly. About 23.39 percent of people live in various urban areas. A larger number of them are poor and live in the urban low-cost housing such as slums, squatters and their number is increasing day by day. Increasing the urban population more jobs are required in urban areas. But the country can not ensure large number of jobs for the growing urban population. As a result, there is a large gap between the employment and unemployment among labor force. On the other hand self employment is difficult for the poor people because of low capital, skill, lack of education etc in urban areas. These lead to urban poverty and growth of slums and squatters to accommodate them. The goal of economic development of the country...