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Profitability of Fertilizer : Experimental Evidence from Female Rice Farmers in Mali
Beaman, Lori A. - 2013
Intensified use of agricultural inputs, particularly fertilizer, is a possible route to improved agricultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087655
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Self‐Selection into Credit Markets : Evidence from Agriculture in Mali
Beaman, Lori A. - 2015
We partnered with a micro-lender in Mali to randomize credit offers at the village level. Then, in no-loan control …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013020442
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Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints
Karlan, Dean S. - 2013
The investment decisions of small‐scale farmers in developing countries are conditioned by their financial environment. Binding credit market constraints and incomplete insurance can reduce investment in activities with high expected profits. We conducted several experiments in northern Ghana...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089789
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Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints
Karlan, Dean S.; Osei, Robert Darko; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; … - 2013
The investment decisions of small-scale farmers in developing countries are conditioned by the farmers’ financial environment. Binding credit-market constraints and incomplete insurance can reduce investment in activities with high expected profits. We conducted several experiments in northern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014160330
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Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints
Karlan, Dean S.; Osei, Robert; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; Udry, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
The investment decisions of small-scale farmers in developing countries are conditioned by their financial environment. Binding credit market constraints and incomplete insurance can reduce investment in activities with high expected profits. We conducted several experiments in northern Ghana in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083318
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Profitability of fertilizer: Experimental evidence from female rice farmers in Mali
Beaman, Lori; Karlan, Dean S.; Thuysbaert, Bram; Udry, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
In an experiment providing fertilizer grants to women rice farmers in Mali, we found that women who received fertilizer … increased both the quantity of fertilizer they used on their plots and complementary inputs such as herbicides and hired labor … level of output, we find no evidence that profits increased. Our results suggest that fertilizer's impact on profits is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083496
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Self-Selection into Credit Markets: Evidence from Agriculture in Mali
Beaman, Lori; Karlan, Dean S.; Thuysbaert, Bram; Udry, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We partnered with a micro-lender in Mali to randomize credit offers at the village level. Then, in no-loan control …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083397
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Teaching entrepreneurship: Impact of business training on microfinance clients and institutions
Karlan, Dean S.; Valdivia, Martin - 2006
Can one teach basic entrepreneurship skills, or are they fixed personal characteristics? Most academic and development policy discussions abour microentrepreneurs focus on their access to credit and assume their human capital to be fixed, The self-employed poor rarely have any formal training in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270827
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Business Training for Microfinance Clients : How it Matters and for Whom?
Valdivia, Martin - 2014
We measure the impact of a business training program for female microentrepreneur clients of a group banking program in Peru. Using the credit with education model, we assigned clients randomly to either treatment or control groups. Treatment groups received thirty to sixty minute...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012708626
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Teaching Entrepreneurship : Impact of Business Training on Microfinance Clients and Institutions
Karlan, Dean S. - 2019
Can one teach entrepreneurship, or is it a fixed personal characteristic? Most academic and policy discussion on microentrepreneurs in developing countries focuses on their access to credit, and assumes their human capital to be fixed. However, a growing number of microfinance organizations are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012746484