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Microfinance and poverty alleviation
Augsburg, Britta; Haas, Ralph de; Harmgart, Heike; … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010232472
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To invest or not to invest in sanitation : the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power
Augsburg, Britta; Malde, Bansi; Olorenshaw, Harriet; … - 2021
We exploit novel data collected within a randomised controlled trial of a sanitation microcredit intervention to study how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We show that – as long as the wife is involved in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801992
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To invest or not to invest in sanitation : the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power
Augsburg, Britta; Malde, Bansi; Olorenshaw, Harriet; … - 2023
We exploit novel data collected within a randomized controlled trial of a sanitation microcredit intervention to study how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We show that — as long as the wife is involved in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014371964
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Microfinance in Bosnia and Herzegovina : a randomised field experiment on the impact of extending microfinance to marginal clients
Augsburg, Britta; Haas, Ralph de; Harmgart, Heike; … - 2010
This report provides a description of the first wave of household data collected for a randomised field experiment in Bosnia. The study intends to measure the impact of microcredit on poverty reduction among Bosnian households and the development of small enterprises that may otherwise not have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009508354
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The impacts of microcredit : evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Augsburg, Britta; Haas, Ralph de; Harmgart, Heike; … - In: American economic journal : a journal of the American … 7 (2015) 1, pp. 183-203
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010516708
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The impacts of microfinance : evidence from joint-liability lending in Mongolia
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Augsburg, Britta; Haas, Ralph de; … - In: American economic journal : a journal of the American … 7 (2015) 1, pp. 90-122
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010516713
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Profit empowerment : the microfinance institution's mission drift
Augsburg, Britta; Fouillet, Cyril - In: The credibility of microcredit : studies of impact and …, (pp. 199-226). 2013
In this paper we try to raise caution against the consequences of the overwhelming drive for microfinance institutions … India, we discuss the extent to which donors influence the microfinance sector and identify the role that international … organizations play in pushing microfinance institutions away from their primary objective of delivering financial services to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009747355
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Measuring the impact of microfinance on poor rural women in Mongolia : a randomised field experiment on group-lending versus individual lending ; baseline report
Augsburg, Britta - 2008
This report provides an in-depth description of the first wave of household data collected for a randomised field experiment to measure the impact of microcredit on poverty reduction among poor rural women in Mongolia.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009619007
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Microfinance at the margin : experimental evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Augsburg, Britta; Haas, Ralph de; Harmgart, Heike; … - 2012 - This version: September 2012
We use an RCT to analyse the impact of microcredit on poverty reduction in Bosnia. The study population are loan applicants that would normally have just been rejected based on regular screening. We find that access to credit allowed borrowers to start and expand small-scale businesses....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009619449