Khandker, Shahidur R.Koolwal, Gayatri B.2012-03-302012-03-302010Journal of Development Studies00220388https://hdl.handle.net/10986/4628The mechanisms by which the poor benefit from economic growth remain a topic of debate in development literature. We address this issue in the context of rural Bangladesh, using a pooled dataset of three household panels between 1991-2001. Expansion of irrigation, paved roads, electricity, and access to formal and informal credit have (through different veins) led to higher rural farm and non-farm incomes, accounting for exogenous local agroclimatic endowments that explain a large part of the variation in the growth of infrastructure and credit programmes. However, this has not translated into substantial reductions in poverty for the poorest households.ENFactor Income Distribution D330Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320Economic Development: Human ResourcesHuman DevelopmentIncome DistributionMigration O150Economic Development: Financial MarketsSaving and Capital InvestmentCorporate Finance and Governance O160Formal and Informal SectorsShadow EconomyInstitutional Arrangements O170Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural AnalysesTransportation O180Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity R120Journal ArticleWorld Bank