Such results are consistent with those found by an evaluation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India, which shows that the registration of a household member in the programme reduces the likelihood of child labour for boys by 13.4 per cent and for girls by 8.2 per cent (Uppal, 2009). Islam and Choe (2009) show that even though micro credit programmes in Bangladesh are successful in alleviating poverty they do have a negative effect on school enrolment and child labour. Microcredit increases the probability of child labour for girls by 7.9 per cent to 13.7 per cent depending on the specification adopted.