the first randomized controlled trial-based evidence on this question. Households in rural Bihar, India, were offered low …

Self-help groups (SHGs) are the most common form of microfinance in India. The authors provide evidence that SHGs … technology of providing public goods. Using first-hand data on SHGs in India, the paper tests the prediction of the model and …

features of rainfall insurance contracts offered in India since 2003, and documents stylized facts about market demand and the …

liability structure offered by a microfinance program in India, which shifted from individual to group liability lending. The …Microfinance, the provision of small individual and business loans, has witnessed dramatic growth, reaching over 150 …

This study collaborated with the Entrepreneurial Finance Lab and a large bank in Peru to use psychometrics for small …

This paper evaluates effectiveness of microfinance using Propensity Score Matching (PSM) method applied to data … the original study and provide more nuanced evidence by comparing Microfinance Institution (MFI) borrowers to those … true microfinance impact. The results suggest that microfinance can make a modest difference for some households in several …

Microfinance is generally seen as a way to fix credit markets and unleash the productive capacities of poor people who … are dependent on self-employment. The microfinance sector has grown quickly since the 1990s, paving the way for other …, generating a backlash against microfinance. This paper reconsiders the claims about microfinance, highlighting the diversity in …

constrained. This paper analyses whether, and how, micro-finance supports a large public health subsidy program in the developing … a cluster randomised controlled experiment of a sanitation micro-finance program that coincided with the launch of the …