Measuring Changes in Client Lives through Microfinance : Contributions of Different Approaches
In the past two years, the publication of three impact evaluations of microcredit programs in India, the Philippines, and Morocco precipitated a spate of press reports questioning the value of microcredit and whether it had positive outcomes for po...
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okr-10986-94522021-04-23T14:02:45Z Measuring Changes in Client Lives through Microfinance : Contributions of Different Approaches World Bank BANK POLICY CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS COMMITMENT DEVICES COUNTERFACTUAL DISBURSEMENT ENTREPRENEURS EVALUATION METHODOLOGY EVALUATION METHODS EXPERIMENTS GROUP LOANS IMPACT EVALUATION INCOME INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INSURANCE INTEREST RATES INTERVENTION INTERVIEWS LABOR MARKETS LIABILITY LOAN LOAN DEFAULTS MARKET RESEARCH MICROCREDIT MICROCREDIT PROGRAMS MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INDUSTRY MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MICROFINANCE PROGRAMS MICROFINANCE TOOL MICROINSURANCE NONEXPERIMENTAL METHODS PAYMENT SERVICES PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PERFORMANCE MONITORING PORTFOLIOS PROGRAMS QUALITATIVE METHODS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH REPAYMENT REPAYMENT PERIODS RESEARCH METHODS RESEARCHERS RETURNS SCIENCES SELECTION BIAS SOCIAL AUDITS SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL PERFORMANCE TECHNIQUES WORKING CAPITAL In the past two years, the publication of three impact evaluations of microcredit programs in India, the Philippines, and Morocco precipitated a spate of press reports questioning the value of microcredit and whether it had positive outcomes for poor people (Karlan and Zinman 2009 and Duflo and Banerjee 2009 and 2010). The impact evaluations used randomized controlled trials (RCTs), an evaluation methodology that randomly assigns an intervention to a treatment group and withholds it from a control group. Widely used in medical trials and particularly in drug trials, the RCT approach is growing in popularity among academics and evaluation specialists alike in the social sciences. There are now more than 300 RCTs completed or ongoing in sectors such as education, health, governance, finance, and the private sector. 2012-08-13T08:37:58Z 2012-08-13T08:37:58Z 2011-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/05/14596217/measuring-changes-client-lives-through-microfinance-contributions-different-approaches http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9452 English CGAP Brief CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research |
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BANK POLICY CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS COMMITMENT DEVICES COUNTERFACTUAL DISBURSEMENT ENTREPRENEURS EVALUATION METHODOLOGY EVALUATION METHODS EXPERIMENTS GROUP LOANS IMPACT EVALUATION INCOME INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INSURANCE INTEREST RATES INTERVENTION INTERVIEWS LABOR MARKETS LIABILITY LOAN LOAN DEFAULTS MARKET RESEARCH MICROCREDIT MICROCREDIT PROGRAMS MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INDUSTRY MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MICROFINANCE PROGRAMS MICROFINANCE TOOL MICROINSURANCE NONEXPERIMENTAL METHODS PAYMENT SERVICES PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PERFORMANCE MONITORING PORTFOLIOS PROGRAMS QUALITATIVE METHODS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH REPAYMENT REPAYMENT PERIODS RESEARCH METHODS RESEARCHERS RETURNS SCIENCES SELECTION BIAS SOCIAL AUDITS SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL PERFORMANCE TECHNIQUES WORKING CAPITAL World Bank Measuring Changes in Client Lives through Microfinance : Contributions of Different Approaches |
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In the past two years, the publication
of three impact evaluations of microcredit programs in
India, the Philippines, and Morocco precipitated a spate of
press reports questioning the value of microcredit and
whether it had positive outcomes for poor people (Karlan and
Zinman 2009 and Duflo and Banerjee 2009 and 2010). The
impact evaluations used randomized controlled trials (RCTs),
an evaluation methodology that randomly assigns an
intervention to a treatment group and withholds it from a
control group. Widely used in medical trials and
particularly in drug trials, the RCT approach is growing in
popularity among academics and evaluation specialists alike
in the social sciences. There are now more than 300 RCTs
completed or ongoing in sectors such as education, health,
governance, finance, and the private sector. |
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Measuring Changes in Client Lives through Microfinance : Contributions of Different Approaches |
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Measuring Changes in Client Lives through Microfinance : Contributions of Different Approaches |
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Measuring Changes in Client Lives through Microfinance : Contributions of Different Approaches |
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Measuring Changes in Client Lives through Microfinance : Contributions of Different Approaches |
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Measuring Changes in Client Lives through Microfinance : Contributions of Different Approaches |
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measuring changes in client lives through microfinance : contributions of different approaches |
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