The objective of the present study is to examine whether household access to microfinance reduces poverty. Using … national household data from India, treatment effects model is employed to estimate the poverty-reducing effects of MFIs loans … for productive purposes, such as investment in agriculture or non-farm businesses on household poverty levels. These …

This study examines if household access to microfinance reduces poverty in Pakistan, and if so, to what extent and … across which dimensions of well-being by taking account of the multi-dimensional aspect of poverty. The study draws on first … propensity score matching. It has been confirmed that microfinance programmes had a positive impact on the welfare of …

This study examines whether household access to microfinance reduces poverty, and if so, to what extent and across …. This suggests that despite producing some degree of positive impact, microfinance institutions still have to make sustained …