, India, we find that "gung ho entrepreneurs" (GEs), households who were already running a business before microfinance …

large dams in India. To account for endogenous placement of dams we use GIS data and the fact that river gradient affects a … the dam benefit from increased irrigation and see agricultural production increase and poverty fall. Overall, our … estimates suggest that large dam construction in India is a marginally cost-effective investment with significant distributional …

India spanning 60 years, including 20 years since reforms began in earnest in 1991. We find a downward trend in poverty …