Six Randomized Evaluations of Microcredit: Introduction and Further Steps
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Six Randomized Evaluations of Microcredit: Introduction and Further Steps
Causal evidence on microcredit impacts informs theory, practice, and debates about its e ectiveness as a development tool. The six randomized evaluations in this volume use a variety of sampling, data collection, experimental design, and econometric strategies to identify causal e ects of expanded access to microcredit on borrowers and/or communities. These methods are deployed across an impres...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1945-7782,1945-7790
DOI: 10.1257/app.20140287