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This article employs the descriptive research methods based on secondary data. This paper Illustrates the present scenario of urban microfinance by using tables, graphs and the trend analysis. This paper finds that the urban microfinance in Bangladesh has been growing tremendously during the last decades. During the 2006-2017 period, the number of members within the urban microfinance program has increased by 110.69%. Besides the amount of loan amount disbursed in the urban microfinance program has increased by 110.54 % during the last four years (2014-2017). Also, the rate of increases of the total net savings of the urban microfinance members (373.33%) was higher than the rate of increases of the total net savings of the rural microfinance members (152.36%) during the 2009-2017 period. The loan Interest rate varies in between 15% and 30%. With regards to recovering the loan amount, 95% of the microfinance institutions (MFIs) apply the flat interest rate while the remaining 5% of the MFIs use the declining method. The loan recovery rate varied from 94.27 to 98.61 per cent during the 2006-2016 period. Finally, this paper inspires the urban microfinance institutions (urban MFIs) and recommends to concentrate more on the urban poor people to make them economically as well as socially empowered. \end{abstract} \keywords{urban microfinance, problems and prospects, bangladesh.} \begin{textblock*}{18cm}(1cm,1cm) % {block width} (coords) \textcolor{GJBlue}{\LARGE Global Journals \LaTeX\ JournalKaleidoscope\texttrademark} \end{textblock*} \begin{textblock*}{18cm}(1.4cm,1.5cm) % {block width} (coords) \textcolor{GJBlue}{\footnotesize \\ Artificial Intelligence formulated this projection for compatibility purposes from the original article published at Global Journals. However, this technology is currently in beta. \emph{Therefore, kindly ignore odd layouts, missed formulae, text, tables, or figures.}} \end{textblock*} \let\tabcellsep& \par The Proliferation of the Urban Microfinance and its Problems and Prospects in Bangladesh Basharat Hossain ? \& Dr. Syed Naimul Wadood ?\par Abstract-The goal of this article is to inspect the current status, problems and, prospects of urban microfinance in Bangladesh. This article employs the descriptive research methods based on secondary data. This paper Illustrates the present scenario of urban microfinance by using tables, graphs and the trend analysis. This paper finds that the urban microfinance in Bangladesh has been growing tremendously during the last decades. Source: UNDP (2016), \hyperref[b33]{Khan and Phibbs (2005)} and \hyperref[b54]{Worldometers (2018)}, ? Projected Value Given this background, the urban microfinance program was initiated by the microfinance institutions (MFIs) to mitigate the problem of the urban poor living in the urban slums. This paper is an initiative to give an Background of the Study angladesh has a long urban history, although its level of urbanization remains low, in recent decades, it has been experiencing a rapid rate of urbanization. The percentage of population in the urban areas of Bangladesh has raised from 7.9 per cent in 1971 to {\ref 35.30} Consequently, this pressure of urban population has put a severe burden on the housing accommodations, environment and utility services of the cities of Bangladesh. As a result, these new entrants into the city, especially who have a low income are compelled to live in the urban slums {\ref (Hossain 2008a}). In addition to the tremendous growth of urban population, the cities are experiencing the problems of poverty, social vulnerability, unplanned and inadequate overview of the coverage, functions, problems and, prospects of the urban microfinance program in Bangladesh. \section[{II.}]{II.} \section[{The Objective of the Study}]{The Objective of the Study}\par The main aim of this article is to examine the latest status of the urban microfinance program in Bangladesh and to identify the problems and prospects of urban microfinance in Bangladesh. \section[{III.}]{III.} \section[{Overview of the Literature}]{Overview of the Literature}\par In summary, some above-mentioned studies highlighted the issues of urban microfinance and urban poverty, one other study scrutinizes the nexus between urban microcredit and women empowerment and yet one more study examined the potentials of urban microfinance. In contrast, our paper has presented a complete overview on the proliferation of urban microfinance that incorporates the data on the members, amount of disbursement, savings, loan and savings interest rates, recovery and funding issues. No previous research studies have covered these issues in a single research paper. \section[{IV.}]{IV.} \section[{Study Methodology}]{Study Methodology}\par This paper is quantitative research that has been done by collecting and examining secondary data. The background data were compiled from reliable secondary sources including different survey reports, research articles, brochures and, newspaper articles.\par V. Status of the Urban Microfinance in Bangladesh a) Origins and Evolution of Urban Microfinance in Bangladesh Bangladesh has eight administrative divisions. These are Dhaka, Chittagong (recently renamed as Chattogram), Khulna, Sylhet, Barishal, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Mymenshing (Map 1 presents the map of these eight divisions and maps of divisional cities are in the Appendix). In the divisional cities of Bangladesh, the services of urban microfinance were started between the late 1980s and the early 1990s and increased rapidly since 2005 (InM, 2010). Manabik Shahajya Sangstha (MSS), one of the oldest MFIs, initiated the urban microfinance operation in 1984 through an integrated saving and credit program for the urban poor in the Dhaka city (MSS, 2018).\par Source: \hyperref[b53]{Wikipedia, 2018} Moreover, out of 705 registered MFIs, about 39\% MFIs are operating in the Dhaka division followed by the Rajshahi (17\%), Khulna (15\%), Chittagong (13\%), Rangpur (6\%), Barishal (5\%), Mymensingh (3\%) and Sylhet (2\%) division respectively (MRA, 2018). Figure {\ref 1} reveals the Break-up total MFIs among 8 Divisions of Bangladesh. \section[{Figure-1: Break-up of the origin of MFIs among 8}]{Figure-1: Break-up of the origin of MFIs among 8}\par Divisions of Bangladesh \hyperref[b18]{Das and Pulla (2014)} in their research findings revealed that microcredit could not reduce the poverty of its borrowers, because there were limitations in the current approach of the system. Micro-credit did not reveal the potential of the poor borrower and could not empower the poor. The Dhaka, the 3 rd largest division of Bangladesh by the area that has 13 administrative districts and 49.72 million population. However, Dhaka, the capital city (excluding the district area) is the most populous and largest city of Bangladesh with 18.237 million population that has been facing the tremendous growth of urbanization and its population is forecast to reach at 27.37 million by 2030 (WPR,2018a), United Nations World Urbanization Prospects (the 2014 revision). Table \hyperref[tab_3]{-2} However, among the 18.237 million urban population of the Dhaka city, 2.23 million people live in the low-cost slum and shanty {\ref (BBS, 2015)}. They are the target group of the MFIs in the Dhaka city. Currently, about 274 MFIs are working in the Dhaka division while 157 MFIs are providing their services in the Dhaka district (MRA, 2018). The Manabik Shahajya Sangstha (MSS) first started urban microfinance in the Dhaka city way back in 1984. Table {\ref 3} highlights the initiators of the urban microfinance program in the Dhaka city. After that, the SAJIDA Foundation, another renowned MFI, started its urban microfinance program in 1987 through a small family-funded school for underprivileged children in Dhaka city. In 1993, it disbursed formal micro-credit to some urban poor women in the Old Dhaka . \section[{c) Status of Urban Microfinance in Bangladesh}]{c) Status of Urban Microfinance in Bangladesh}\par The urban micro-finance programs have been flourishing day by day in Bangladesh. According to the statistics of Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA), among the 705 registered MFIs, 220 MFIs are working in cities, and 84 MFIs are working only in the urban areas {\ref Rashid, 2012, MRA, 2018)}. To note that BRAC is the largest MFI in Bangladesh but its operation is highly concentrated in the rural area. Recently it has widened services in urban areas. BRAC and TMSS both have 244,766 and 120,081 active borrowers in the urban areas respectively (Bashar and Rashid, 2012). However, in Bangladesh, commercial banks and two specialized banks (BKB, Bangladesh Krishi Bank and RAKUB, Rajshahi Krishi Unnauan Bank) also offer microfinance services. Before the appearance of the modern microfinance sector, these banks would provide microcredit in agriculture and trade sector. Besides Bangladesh Small Industries and Commerce Bank Limited, BASIC Bank provides microcredit to the urban poor through linkages with NGOs (BASIC, 2018). The amount of the disbursed loan in the Rural Microfinance sector was BDT1031385 million that was 485.50 \% higher than the total loan of the urban microfinance program. Though the loan in the urban microfinance program increased by 110.54 \% during the last four years (2014-2017) compared to the rural microfinance loan (83.01\%), but the gap in the loan amount between the rural and the urban microfinance program is also widening by 78.21\% in the same period. The Figure-4 illustrates this scenario.\par Furthermore, urban MFIs offered a wider loan range for urban members compared the case with the rural members. For example, in ASA, loan range for urban members (BDT 6,000 to BDT 20,000) was higher than that of the rural members (BDT 4,000 to BDT 6,000) (ASA, 2003). \section[{f) Savings}]{f) Savings}\par Moreover, during the last nine years, the rate of increases of the total net savings of the urban microfinance members (373.33\%) was higher than the rate of increases of the savings of the rural microfinance members (152.36\%). Similarly, the growth rate of the net saving per MFI in the urban microfinance (372.72\%) was higher compared to the rural areas (192.72\%). The probable cause of higher growth in the total savings amounts of urban microfinance is the rapid increase in the coverage of MFIs in urban areas. But the average yearly savings of the rural microfinance program stood at BDT 199,969.88, that is higher than the savings of urban microfinance program (BDT18,957) during 2009-2017 period. A large number of members of the rural microfinance accumulate an amount of savings whereas the members of urban microfinance are smaller in number compared to the rural microfinance. \section[{g) Sectoral Coverage}]{g) Sectoral Coverage}\par However, diversification of using urban microfinance has been expanded day by day. Most common businesses or areas of using urban microfinance are cosmetics business, handy craft, pottery, fish selling, furniture shop, hotel/restaurant, iron shop, rice selling, electric shop, selling chatpati, tea stall, vegetable business, wood-fuel business, cloth/saree business, fruit selling, petty shop keeping, tailoring, scrap material business, rickshaw and garage business etc. (InM field survey 2009). \section[{h) Loan Price: the Interest Rate}]{h) Loan Price: the Interest Rate}\par However, the reducing balance and the flat model is applied to determine the loan interest rate of MFIs. The flat method is costly for the borrowers compared to the reducing balance technique.\par Consequently, the declining balance method is beneficial for the borrowers whereas it generates lower profit for MFIs than that of the flat methods (Water field and Duval (1996), \hyperref[b44]{Rosenberg (2002)}).\par According to Bangladesh Microfinance Statistics (2007 and 2018), 95\% of the MFIs follow the flat mode while only 5\% of the MFIs implement the reducing balance technique including Grameen Bank and RDS (IBBL). Moreover, PKSF-one of the top domestic financiers of MFIs in Bangladesh, charges the 12.5 per cent flat rate on its follower MFIs and declining balance method as 25 per cent. The Microfinance Regulatory Authority set a ceiling of 27\% declining interest rate for MFIs \hyperref[b5]{(Badruddoza, 2011}; CDF, 2016a). Besides, several microfinance institutions impose different fees, for instance, processing charges, operation cost, etc. on its borrowers \hyperref[b7]{(Bashar and Rashid, 2012)}. However, the Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) has also fixed the minimum savings interest rate at 6\% per annum. Moreover, it varies from 6 to 10\% per annum among MFIs in Bangladesh (CDF, 2016a). \section[{i) Loan Recovery}]{i) Loan Recovery}\par In the case of loan recovery, the average recovery rate was 99. Moreover, climate change is another cause of suffering, displacement, and migration of rural people that increase the urban population. There is a possibility of the dislodgment of about 20 million people from the villages and expected to migrate to the town areas. It also threatens the urban Microfinance program \hyperref[b25]{(Hermes, 2011)}.\par Furthermore, urban members of MFIs face higher interest rates due to a gap between demand and supply. On the other hand, the extremely poor people cannot enter into the coverage of MFIs because of their level of poverty. The most important point is that several MFIs are functioning in the same urban slums while many areas are untouched by the MFIs {\ref (Bashar and} Volume XVIII Issue VII Version I Furthermore, A BRAC's research finds that cash and food provided by MFIs are consumed by the recipient because of extreme poverty. So, training and capacity building program is essential to building up their livelihoods by strengthening materials and social assets. BRAC urges the MFIs to provide both cash payments and an asset, such as a cow, along with functional education, health-support services, social protection schemes, and rights awareness building" \hyperref[b34]{(Lewis, 2011}\hyperref[b51]{, Sharma, 2018)}.\par Another problem is that most of the urban members reside in the slum and most of them have no adequate literacy and numerical competence. Besides, they have no stable home due to frequent slum ejections; that further jeopardizes the recovery of loans (MFIRB, 2009).\par Hulme and Aron (2009) mentioned in their research that, "the poor can save, do save, and want to save money." But insufficient financial services in the urban slums make it difficult for the poor to save money in a safe place.\par Besides, Bangladesh has not taken full advantage of the potential of urban microfinance. Microfinance institutions have the potential to build social capital and to implement both national and local level programs. It may further make an innovative change in the urban poverty policy. It needs investment in infrastructure and housing, informal sector labor and nursing education .\par Also, demand and supply gap is higher in urban areas that further increase the interest rate of the loan. The demand is at least three times greater than the supply of credit. The study of \hyperref[b43]{Rashid (2012)} shows that around 72.9\% borrowers want more credit than they received.\par The threat is that many members and borrowers spend the loaned money in unproductive or nonincome-generating purposes, for instance, food and non-food consumption, entertainment, buying cloth, home materials, TV, mobile phone set, furniture, jewelry, and in medical treatment and house repairing purposes, etc. \section[{b) Prospects of Urban Microfinance in Bangladesh}]{b) Prospects of Urban Microfinance in Bangladesh}\par Urban micro-finance institutions has many advantages compared to rural areas such as lower transaction costs of services, large number of women's participation rate, high recovery rate, higher level of net saving growth compared to borrowing rate, urban economic environment, and urban informal sectors and diversified economic opportunities for urban people .\par Due to the activities of MFIs in urban areas, average numbers of borrowers per institution (ABI) and average loan size (ALS) in Bangladesh have increased day by day. Moreover, Bangladesh has 18 MFIs (including both rural and urban) in the list of most influential and active MFIs in South Asia that ranks South Asia as the 4 th biggest Microfinance region in the world \hyperref[b24]{(Harmincova and Janda, 2014)}.\par We note that the MFIs build social capital, that is an asset capable of producing further products and services. Social capital makes the poor, capable to get urban services. Besides, it increases the income, asset, entrepreneurship development, employment creation, social well-being and low rates of vulnerability {\ref (Prema, 2010, Bashar and}.\par It is the matter of great hope that recently many programs were developed by the national and international MFIs to make the microfinance program more effective. The Sajida foundation adopted such a program named, OPTIX, Optimizing Performance through Improved Cross (X)-Sell, to provide support for the MFIs and cooperatives in four countries-Bangladesh, Mexico, Colombia, and Vietnam. Met-life foundation, USA funded this program .\par The sector activities of the rural Microfinance program are confined to agriculture, poultry, and livestock, handy craft, etc., but the potentials of an urban microfinance program regarding employment creation, expansions of unregistered business are higher than the rural Microfinance program. Besides, women's participation in urban Microfinance is also higher because of having better access to financial and non-financial resources and the labor market, better influence in the family and more freedom of movement, etc. (PKSF, 2015).\par Finally, the average loan size is increasing day by day for expanding businesses or to start a new micro-enterprise in the urban microfinance program. It is the sign of improvement of economic conditions of the borrowers by using the urban microfinance (InM field survey 2009). \section[{VII.}]{VII.} \section[{Conclusion and Policy Recommendations}]{Conclusion and Policy Recommendations}\par Finally, we note that, though the size of the urban microfinance program is small compared to the rural microfinance program, actually it has potential. This is the case because the growth of the urban microfinance program is higher than the rural microfinance program for a large number of indicators such as the number of members, loan amount disbursed, members' savings, increasing coverage and recovering the loan. This paper recommends the The MFIs should reduce the gap between the loan and the savings interest rates. 4. The inherent goal of the microfinance program is to empower the marginal people and reduce poverty, through informal financing, but not the only profit earning. Therefore, in addition to microcredit, the MFIs should also increase the nonfinancial services. 5. The MFIs should apply the declining method instead of the flat method in collecting the loan. In Bangladesh, more than 90\% of the MFIs apply flat method. From loan receivers, this flat method does not protect their interests. 6. Funding of the MFIs is still a problem that affects the loan interest rate. The MRA may create a fund with the help of the donor agencies and supports from other offices of the Government.\begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{201761}\includegraphics[]{image-2.png} \caption{\label{fig_0}Huque ( 2017 ) 61 The}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{}\includegraphics[]{image-3.png} \caption{\label{fig_1}}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{63}\includegraphics[]{image-4.png} \caption{\label{fig_2}63 The}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{23}\includegraphics[]{image-5.png} \caption{\label{fig_3}Figure- 2 :Figure- 3 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{}\includegraphics[]{image-6.png} \caption{\label{fig_4}}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{}\includegraphics[]{image-7.png} \caption{\label{fig_5}0}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{}\includegraphics[]{image-8.png} \caption{\label{figure8}}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{1} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.18040816326530612\textwidth}P{0.17346938775510204\textwidth}P{0.1873469387755102\textwidth}P{0.30877551020408167\textwidth}} Year\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{total urban population (as \% of total population)}\tabcellsep total urban population (in million)\\ 1971\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 7.90\tabcellsep 5.34\\ 1981\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 15.80\tabcellsep 13.39\\ 1991\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 20.26\tabcellsep 22.26\\ 2001\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 24.10\tabcellsep 32.46\\ 2011\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 31.23\tabcellsep 47.73\\ 2013\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 32.75\tabcellsep 51.28\\ 2016\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 34.90\tabcellsep 56.85\\ 2017\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 35.70\tabcellsep 58.74\\ 2018\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 35.30\tabcellsep 60.64\\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{2030 ?}\tabcellsep 45.00\tabcellsep 83.20\\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{2050 ?}\tabcellsep 56.00\tabcellsep 112.4\end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_0}Table 1 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.85\textwidth}} B\\ housing facilities, infrastructure problem, social services,\\ contaminated environment, and low quality of physical\\ and social surroundings, political clashes and inefficient\\ urban management (Siddiqui et al., 2000, World Bank,\\ 2007, Hossain, 2010).\end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_1}}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.7925974025974025\textwidth}P{0.018766233766233768\textwidth}P{0.012142857142857143\textwidth}P{0.026493506493506493\textwidth}} microcredit on women's empowerment and found that it\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ fulfills the basic needs of the borrowers but, fails to\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ empower the women in developing the entrepreneurship\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ skills. Nargis and Rahman (2016) examined the effect of\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ microcredit on the consumption patterns of the\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ borrowers within the Dhaka city. Their observation is that\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ it did not significantly improve the consumption patterns\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ of its borrowers. They proposed to increase the size of\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ the loan amount. Bashar and Rashid (2015) explored\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ the potential of the urban microfinance program. They\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ emphasized the issues of enhancing education,\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ development of infrastructure and the informal labour\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ market.\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ \multicolumn{4}{l}{Map 1: The Eight Divisions of Bangladesh}\\ \tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{Rajshahi}\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{ingh Mymensh 17\%}\tabcellsep 39\% Dhaka\\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{3\%}\tabcellsep \\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{khulna}\tabcellsep \\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{15\%}\tabcellsep \\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{Rangpur}\tabcellsep \\ 6\%\tabcellsep Sylhet\tabcellsep \tabcellsep Chittagon\\ \tabcellsep 2\%\tabcellsep Barishal\tabcellsep g\\ \tabcellsep \tabcellsep 5\%\tabcellsep 13\%\end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_2}Figure-1: Break-up of the origin of MFIs among 8 Divisions of Bangladesh}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{2} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.07794759825327512\textwidth}P{0.22270742358078602\textwidth}P{0.4676855895196506\textwidth}P{0.055676855895196505\textwidth}P{0.025982532751091702\textwidth}} \tabcellsep \tabcellsep 2014\tabcellsep 16.98\tabcellsep -\\ \tabcellsep \tabcellsep 2016\tabcellsep 18.23\tabcellsep 33.16\\ \tabcellsep \tabcellsep 2030\tabcellsep 27.37\tabcellsep -\\ \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{Source: (BBS, 2003, 2011) United Nations (2014), WPR}\\ \tabcellsep \tabcellsep (2018a)\\ Years\tabcellsep Total population\tabcellsep Percentage of the\\ \tabcellsep (in million) of Dhaka city\tabcellsep total urban population\\ 1975\tabcellsep 2.20\tabcellsep -\\ 1991\tabcellsep 6.48\tabcellsep 29.11\\ 2001\tabcellsep 10.07\tabcellsep 31.02\\ 2011\tabcellsep 14.54\tabcellsep 30.46\end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_3}Table 2 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{:} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.6032803180914512\textwidth}P{0.020278330019880716\textwidth}P{0.04393638170974155\textwidth}P{0.03548707753479125\textwidth}P{0.0028164347249834327\textwidth}P{0.05576540755467197\textwidth}P{0.08843605036447978\textwidth}} \multicolumn{5}{l}{success in the individual lending model in the urban}\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{Dhaka since 1996 (MFIRB, 2009). Furthermore, the}\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{SEEP (Social and Economic Enhancement Program)}\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{started its urban microfinance program in 1995 for the}\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{slum children in Mirpur-11 of Dhaka. Besides, it offered}\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{different programs for the hard-core child laborers at}\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{Ward-5 in Mirpur who were employed in handlooms and}\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{embroidery activities (SEEP, 2018). In 1999, PKSF (Palli}\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) -a specialized}\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{government organization, expanded its coverage in the}\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{urban areas by starting urban microcredit (UMC)}\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{program for the urban poor (PKSF, 2018). In the same}\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{year, the Intervida, a Spain based international NGO has}\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{begun its operation in the urban slums of Bangladesh.}\\ Additionally,\tabcellsep since\tabcellsep 2004,\tabcellsep the\tabcellsep 'BURO\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{Bangladesh' has been providing Microfinance services}\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{in urban areas of Dhaka (Uttar Khan, Dakkhin Khan,}\\ Turag,\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{Name of MFIs}\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{Established}\tabcellsep Initiated Urban MF\tabcellsep City/Urban area\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{Manabik Shahajya Sangstha (MSS)}\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{1977}\tabcellsep 1984\tabcellsep Urban Dhaka\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{Sajida Foundation}\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{1987}\tabcellsep 1987\tabcellsep Dhaka\\ \tabcellsep PROSHIKA\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{1975}\tabcellsep 1990\tabcellsep Urban Dhaka\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{Shakti Foundation}\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{1992}\tabcellsep 1992\tabcellsep Dhaka, Urban slums\\ \tabcellsep DSK\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{1988}\tabcellsep 1992\tabcellsep Dhaka\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{Social and Economic}\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep Dhaka,\\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{Enhancement}\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{1985}\tabcellsep 1995\tabcellsep Urban slums,\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{Program-SEEP}\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep Mirpur\\ \tabcellsep Safe Save\tabcellsep \tabcellsep -\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 1996\tabcellsep Dhaka\\ \tabcellsep PKSF\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{1990}\tabcellsep 1999\tabcellsep Dhaka\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{Intervida (Spain based) 1994, in Bangladesh}\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{1999}\tabcellsep 1999\tabcellsep Urban Dhaka\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{BURO Bangladesh}\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{1990}\tabcellsep 2004\tabcellsep Uttara, Dhaka\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{BASA -Bangladesh}\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep Taltala slum of Mirpur,\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{Association for Social}\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{1991}\tabcellsep 2007\tabcellsep Dhaka\\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{Advancement}\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ \tabcellsep BRAC\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{1972}\tabcellsep -\tabcellsep Urban Slum in divisional cities\\ \tabcellsep ASA\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{1978}\tabcellsep -\tabcellsep Urban Slum\\ \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \multicolumn{4}{l}{Source: websites of the above MFIs. Collected and formatted by the author}\end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_4}Table : 3}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{4} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.7474999999999999\textwidth}P{0.07083333333333333\textwidth}P{0.03166666666666666\textwidth}} City\tabcellsep 2011\tabcellsep 2018\\ Dhaka\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{about 9 million 18.237 million}\\ Chittagong\tabcellsep 2,592,439\tabcellsep 3,920,222\\ Khulna\tabcellsep 664,728\tabcellsep 1,342,339\\ Rajshahi\tabcellsep 449,756\tabcellsep 700,133\\ Barishal\tabcellsep 328,278\tabcellsep 400000\\ Rangpur\tabcellsep 796,556\tabcellsep -\\ Sylhet\tabcellsep 485,138\tabcellsep -\\ Mymensingh\tabcellsep 225,126\tabcellsep -\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{Source: compiled by the author from BBS (2011), WPR (2018)}\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{Barishal is the 6 th largest city of Bangladesh by}\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{the population that has a population of 0.32 million}\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{(BBS, 2011). More than 20 MFIs are providing their}\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{services in this city; of which 16 MFIs are local (MRA,}\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{2018), they provide services mainly for 0.038 million}\\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{urban slum population (BBS, 2015).}\tabcellsep \\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{Sylhet city has a population of 0.23 million, and}\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{it is the 7 th largest city of Bangladesh by population}\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{(WPR, 2018). Currently, about ten MFIs including three}\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{local MFIs are working in the Sylhet city among the}\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{0.050 million urban slum population (MRA, 2018, BBS,}\\ 2015).\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{Finally, Mymensingh is the 8 th largest city of}\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{Bangladesh by population and it has 0.22 million}\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{population (WPR, 2018). Currently, about 15 MFIs}\\ \multicolumn{3}{l}{including ten local MFIs are working in the Mymensingh}\\ city (MRA, 2018).\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_5}Table 4 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.85\textwidth}} following steps to strengthen the urban microfinance\\ program.\\ 1.\\ Volume XVIII Issue VII Version I\\ E )\\ (\end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_6}}\end{figure} \footnote{© 2018 Global Journals} \footnote{The Proliferation of the Urban Microfinance and Its Problems and Prospects in Bangladesh} \backmatter \subsection[{Appendix}]{Appendix}\par Source: Media Bangladesh {\ref (2018)} \begin{bibitemlist}{1} \bibitem[ Daffodil International University Journal of Business and Economics]{b39}\label{b39} \textit{}, \textit{Daffodil International University Journal of Business and Economics} 10 (2) p. . \bibitem[Basic and Bank (2018)]{b6}\label{b6} \textit{}, Basic , Bank . \url{http://www.basicbanklimited.com/about\textunderscore us.php?about\textunderscore us=1} 2018. 19 October 2018. \bibitem[??? ?? ?-???? 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