-based lending product in a new market. In 2005, half of 104 slums in Hyderabad, India were randomly selected for opening of a branch … of a particular microfinance institution (Spandana) while the remainder were not, although other MFIs were free to enter …. We found no changes in any of the development outcomes that are often believed to be affected by microfinance, including …

demographic and social network data in 43 villages in South India before microfinance was introduced in those villages and then …We examine how participation in a microfinance program diffuses through social networks. We collected detailed … first informed about the program, "the injection points". Microfinance participation is higher when the injection points …

Morocco starting in 2006 by Al Amana, the country’s largest microfinance institution. Al Amana was the only MFI operating in …

We investigate the puzzle of microfinance: that loans generate large measured returns for businesses, yet loan take …-up is low and the businesses often close. We analyze a randomized trial that bundled microfinance loans with a cheap health … business losses, rather than pay modest insurance premiums, implies the substantial financial gains from microfinance loans are …

substitute for other borrowing. We then apply this methodology to firms in India that became eligible for directed credit as a …

can reduce teacher absence and increase learning. In 57 schools in India, randomly chosen out of 113, a teacher’s daily …

the results of two experiments conducted in Mumbai and Vadodara, India, designed to evaluate ways to improve the quality …

teaching activities and better learning. In 60 informal one-teacher schools in rural India, randomly chosen out of 120 (the …

be reformed through incremental administrative change. The police department of the state of Rajasthan, India …-scale public opinion and crime victimization survey--the first of its kind in India. The results illustrate that two of the reform …