matching, using data from the Self Help Group microfinance program in India. …The provision of business training with microfinance leads to a positive impact on assets for the participating …

the first studies of the impact of 'microfinance plus', or the disbursement of services beyond credit. Indian SHGs are … mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but funded by commercial banks. We correct for membership selection bias with data on …

SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. We correct for …

groups (SHGs). Indian SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGOformed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial …

self-employed poor rarely have any formal training in business skills. However, a growing number of microfinance … also improved repayment and client retention rates for the microfinance institutions. Larger effects found for those that …

believe lenders overcome this by harnessing social connections. Using data from FINCA-Peru, I exploit a quasi-random group …

unbearable. India¡¦s National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)-initiated Self-Help Group (SHG) program, which … is currently the largest and fastest growing microfinance program in the developing world, has been aggressively promoted …

Microfinance programs like the Self Help Bank Linkage Program in India have been increasingly promoted for their … between microfinance and women's empowerment. This paper contributes by arguing that women empowerment takes place when women … hypothesis by using quasi-experimental household sample data collected for five states in India for 2000 and 2003. A general …

experimental measures of time discounting and risk aversion for villagers in south India to highlight behavioral features of …

Self Help Groups (SHGs) are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial …