Program's Self-Employment Assistance Kaunlaran (SLP SEA-K). The SLP SEA-K uses a microcredit strategy which intends to provide …-generating activities. Microcredit services are generally believed to have a positive socioeconomic impact; however, the success of projects … capacity to handle microcredit programs. Additionally, they see the one-size-fits-all strategy of the program as a problem …

This paper studies peer effects on the use of essential health care services offered by a microfinance institution in … impoverished neighborhoods in the Philippines. I apply a novel IV identification strategy to overcome the well-known challenges in …