This paper analyses the impact of three credit programmes – the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), the Bangladesh Rural Development Board’s Rural Development-12 (BRDB RD-12), and the Grameen Bank (GB), on current rate of contraception. These programmes are targeted to alleviate poverty by providing group-based credit to the rural poor in creating self employment opportunities. With small credits, these programmes combine family planning activities in terms of consciousness raising, awareness building and motivation. Sample survey data are used to analyse the problem of impact evaluation. The analyses show that the BRAC and the GB programmes have significantly positive impact on the current rate of contraception, while the BRDB RD-12 programme dues not have any such impact. It is also found that education, both of female and male separately, and child survivorship have independently position impact on current contraception. The present findings bear important implications for programmes aimed at reducing fertility.