The attempt of the Grameen Bank to alleviate poverty and enhance the skills and productivity of its rural women clients provides the fascinating backdrop to this important study of micro-credit institutions. Tazul Islam examines the real extent to which the Grameen Bank's credit-alone policy has been successful in securing the Bank's financial sustainability; its practical role in alleviating poverty and its actual impact on the productivity of its clients. This book concludes by considering alternative policy options that hold out the possibility of increased poverty alleviation.

Rajshahi is the fourth largest metropolitan city and an expanding urban center in Bangladesh. Though it is a divisional headquarters, there is no public bus service in this city.This study has assessed the potential demand for public bus and suggested to introduce the public bus service in Rajshahi City. In this study three routes and twenty nine stoppages has been proposed for Rajshahi City based on public opinion and minimum distance among the stoppages by using GIS.