The impacts of flexible repayment schedules: Evidence from borrowers and lenders in India Offering loans with flexible repayment schedules can improve outcomes for vulnerable borrowers while also reducing the risks faced by lending institutions Finance Giorgia Barboni Natalie Theys Published 07.03.23
Increasing female enterprise growth through mobile money: Experimental evidence from Uganda Disbursing microfinance loans through mobile money accounts empowers female entrepreneurs to resist pressure to share loans with others Finance Emma Riley Published 12.05.21
Can joint-liability microcredit help to share entrepreneurial risks? Insights from Mongolia By allowing risk sharing, joint-liability lending can foster entrepreneurship among microcredit borrowers Finance Orazio Attanasio Britta Augsburg Ralph De Haas Published 11.05.21
The unintended impacts of formal credit programmes on social networks: Evidence from India The introduction of financial institutions in communities may generate long-lasting externalities, including losses in informal social linkages Finance Abhijit Banerjee Emily Breza Arun G. Chandrasekhar Esther Duflo Matthew Jackson Cynthia Kinnan Published 17.02.21
Can microfinance unlock the poverty trap for some entrepreneurs? Microfinance has potentially transformative impacts for some entrepreneurs, especially those who otherwise would be stuck in a poverty trap Finance Abhijit Banerjee Emily Breza Esther Duflo Cynthia Kinnan Published 27.03.20
What happens when investments targeting women’s microbusinesses go to men? Previous estimates of returns to microfinance for women are low partly because they often use it to invest in businesses that are not their own Finance Arielle Bernhardt Erica Field Rohini Pande Natalia Rigol Published 27.01.20
Give women credit A series of experiments in India provide insights into ways microfinance can be refined to strengthen its impact for the world’s poorest women Finance Erica Field Rohini Pande Published 27.09.19
Understanding the average effect of microcredit Microcredit trials show only moderate variation in effects across different settings, suggesting that the average effects of these loans are small Methods & Measurement Rafe Meager Published 07.01.19
Evidence to practice: Unintended consequences in the absence of data Rodger Voorhies shares a first-hand account of the importance of empirical analysis for development practitioners Finance Rodger Voorhies Published 29.08.18
