Measuring Microenterprise Profits: Must We Ask How the Sausage Is Made?

A large share of the World's poor is self-employed. Accurate measurement of profits from microenterprises is therefore critical for studying poverty and inequality, measuring the returns to education, and evaluating the success of microfinance programs. However, a myriad of problems plague the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: De Mel, Suresh, McKenzie, David J., Woodruff, Christopher
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5594