credit markets. The predictions differ by land ownership: landless or large landowners should decrease child labor when labor … for a large set of village characteristics. We find that on average market imperfections (labor but also land and credit …

towards local elites. Unlike targeting cash transfers to the poor, the optimal targeting of credit is a more complex problem … program, the Thai Million Baht Credit Fund, which decentralizes the allocation of loans to an elected group of community …-experimental variation in the rollout of the program and uncover evidence that, in general equilibrium, informal credit markets compensate …

agricultural investment, land valuation and access to credit in Tanzania. Results show that while there are no detectable effects … credit. The findings suggest that there are potentially significant, economic returns to systematic land titling in Tanzania …

examines the effect of credit, insurance, and poverty (defined as more than just low income). It also explains bonded child …

%. At the household level, street paving increased the use of collateral-based credit and average loan size. Additionally … result of pavement. We provide compelling evidence that the mechanism explaining the durable goods increase is the credit … channel: the raise in durable goods as well as in credit use was only present among households with access to financial …