-based lending product in a new market. In 2005, half of 104 slums in Hyderabad, India were randomly selected for opening of a branch … expenditure per capita. Expenditure on durable goods increased in treated areas, while expenditures on "temptation goods" declined …. We found no changes in any of the development outcomes that are often believed to be affected by microfinance, including …

-based lending product in a new market. In 2005, half of 104 slums in Hyderabad, India were randomly selected for opening of a branch … expenditure per capita. Expenditure on durable goods increased in treated areas, while expenditures on “temptation goods” declined …. We found no changes in any of the development outcomes that are often believed to be affected by microfinance, including …

Pratham's “Teaching at the Right Level” methodology into elementary schools in India. The methodology consists of re …-organizing instruction based on children's actual learning levels, rather than on a prescribed syllabus, and has previously been shown to be … of this process, two versions of the programs were developed that successfully raised children's learning levels using …

Previous randomized studies have shown that addressing children's current learning gaps, rather than following an over … Pratham's approach to teaching children according to their actual learning level, in four Indian States. While this approach …