-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 …

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

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

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 …

provide new evidence, from a randomized control trial conducted in rural Orissa, India (one of the poorest places in India …

-scale randomized trials conducted in collaboration with the state police of Rajasthan, India sought to increase police efficiency and …

efficiency. In India, the current government flagship program on universal primary education organizes both locally elected …

Pratham's “Teaching at the Right Level” methodology into elementary schools in India. The methodology consists of re …