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Microfinance 'plus': The impact of business training on Indian self help groups

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2010

The provision of business training with microfinance leads to a positive impact on assets for the participating households. We correct for membership selection bias and account for potential training endogeneity with propensity score matching, using data from the Self Help Group microfinance...

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Being patient with microfinance: The impact of training on Indian self help groups

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2010

We evaluate the impact of training provided by facilitators of Self Help Groups (SHGs). This evaluation provides one of the first studies of the impact of 'microfinance plus', or the disbursement of services beyond credit. Indian SHGs are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but funded by...

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Delivery mechanisms and impact of training through microfinance

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2011

We evaluate the effect of delivery mechanisms for training provided by facilitators of self help groups (SHGs). Indian SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. We correct for both membership and training endogeneity. Training...

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The impact of skill development and human capital training on self help groups

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2009

finance SHGs. …

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Saving by default: Evidence from a field experiment in rural India

Somville, Vincent; Vandewalle, Lore - 2015

A growing share of the world population is getting access to a formal bank account. This allows a move from cash to account based payments. Grounding our hypothesis in behavioral economics, we conjecture that being paid on an account instead of in cash can play a major role in encouraging...

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China, India, Brazil and South Africa in the world economy: Engines of growth?

Nayyar, Deepak - 2008

. In doing so, it considers the main channels of transmission, to focus on international trade, investment, finance and …

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Financial market and growth: Evidence from postreforms India

Sinha, Prity; Viswanathan, Brinda; Narayanan, Badri G. - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 3 (2015) 1, pp. 1-9

A significant boom occurred in the Indian financial market and growth in the post-liberalization era. This motivates us to analyze the impact of stock market and credit market (two components of financial market) for the growth of financial market. This paper attempts to show the linkage between...

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Finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in India: Sources and challenges

Singh, Charan; Wasdani, Kishinchand Poornima - 2016

Finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) has been a concern for all stakeholders including … challenges faced by MSMEs in sourcing of finance during different stages of their life cycle. This study is a first … limitation in the identification and utilization of sources of finance. Data was collected through personal interviews using a …

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Power purchase agreements for risk and rent sharing in Himalayian hydropower developments

Jenkins, Glenn P.; Dhakal, D. N. S. - 2008

risks, and sourcing of finance in exchange for the sharing of the economic rents associated with such projects. India …

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