The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of micro-entrepreneurs income on two Brazilian and Chilean microcredit programs. Drawing on two unique sources of data, control groups are built using the propensity score to match beneficiaries of micro-credit programs with non-beneficiaries...

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of micro-entrepreneurs income on two Brazilian and Chilean microcredit programs. Drawing on two unique sources of data, control groups are built using the propensity score to match beneficiaries of micro-credit programs with non-beneficiaries...

This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the 3rd Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on May 23rd and 24th, 2002. This presentation evaluates the direct impact of microcredit programs on the micro entrepreneurs and...

El microcrédito es una industria creciente en el Latinoamérica y Brasil y Chile no están ajenos a este proceso. Sin embargo, no existe evidencia sólida de cuales son los efectos e impactos que estos programas tienen sobre sus clientes y especialmente sobre la pobreza. Aunque, se ha sostenido...

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of micro-entrepreneurs income on two Brazilian and Chilean microcredit programs. Drawing on two unique sources of data, control groups are built using the propensity score to match beneficiaries of micro-credit programs with non-beneficiaries...

This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the 3rd Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on May 23rd and 24th, 2002. This presentation evaluates the direct impact of microcredit programs on the micro entrepreneurs and...

Los programas de microcrédito de bancos y organizaciones no gubernamentales brasileños y chilenos se evalúan con base en dos fuentes distintas de datos. Mediante la utilización del puntaje de predisposición y técnicas de emparejamiento, comparamos el ingreso promedio de las personas que...