Purpose – The four Asian tigers, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan (also called Four Dragons) experienced miraculous high growth rates in the pre-1990s period and rapidly transformed their economic status from less developed “basket cases” to developed high-income countries...

This paper uses a quasi-randomized control design combined with observational methods to evaluate the impact of a microcredit duration on the welfare of clients of a microcredit organization in western India. We survey respondents from three cities, Mumbai, Pune, and Satara, to understand the...