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 …

In October 2010, the state government of Andhra Pradesh, India issued an emergency ordinance, bringing microfinance … loans in the affected state. We use this massive dislocation in the microfinance market to identify the causal impacts of a … sector (agriculture), suggesting that one important impact of the microfinance contraction was transmitted through its effect …

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

Recent evaluations of traditional microfinance loans have found no significant impacts on borrower incomes or …

We provide a quantitative evaluation of the aggregate and distributional impact of microfinance or credit programs … targeted toward small businesses. We find that the redistributive impact of microfinance is stronger in general equilibrium … total factor productivity (TFP) increases with microfinance in general equilibrium but decreases in partial equilibrium …

We review the empirical evidence on microfinance and asset grants to the ultra poor or microentrepreneurs, and assess …