ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the problems encountered by the researcher in obtaining the relevant and necessary permissions from the microcredit organizations in the project areas in Bangladesh. It explores the process through which the author selected the research locations, made contact with the field level microcredit officials and entered into the field study areas. The chapter describes the methods and techniques employed: including surveys, didactic themed and in-depth interviews, case studies and personal observations, and discusses the ethical issues and gendered choices. As a citizen of Bangladesh, the author also observed the revolution of the microcredit industry in the country. He also held in-depth conversations with Grameen Bank (GB) and Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) micro-lending officials in his research areas to understand their opinions about microcredit programmes and how they saw the microcredit business at the present time when a number of different credit programmes were being offered in the same area.
