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Improving Financial Access through Microcredit for Women in Mexico

Manuela Angelucci
Jonathan Zinman
Researchers expanded microcredit offerings in Sonora, Mexico to evaluate the effect of improved credit access on economic and social outcome. They found that microcredit increased access to formal financial services and enabled some businesses to expand, but did not increase household income or...
women in Mali discuss survey questions with an enumerator

Évaluer le programme Épargne pour le changement au Mali

Lori Beaman
Dean Karlan
Jonathan Morduch
Bram Thuysbaert
Group of people use hoes to till field

Femmes agricultrices et barrières à l'adoption de nouvelles techniques, en Ouganda.

Oriana Bandiera
Robin Burgess
Erika Deserranno
Ricardo Morel
Imran Rasul
Munshi Sulaiman
Women in headscarves seated on moroccan rugs process seeds

Impact du microcrédit rural au Maroc

Bruno Crépon
Florencia Devoto
Esther Duflo
William Pariente
Scarecrow in green field with palm trees

Does Microfinance Promote Generosity?

Erica Field
Rohini Pande
Christopher Robert

Evaluating Village Savings and Loan Associations in Ghana

Students gather around their teacher in Ghana.

Evaluating the Efficacy of School Based Financial Education Programs with Children in Ghana

James Berry
Dean Karlan
Menno Pradhan
A woman looks at her mobile phone.

Encouraging Savings through SMS Messages in the Dominican Republic

There is a growing body of evidence on the efficacy of SMS reminders to encourage banking clients to save more. Researchers in the Dominican Republic partnered with savings and credit institution Banco Unión to conduct two randomized evaluations of tailored SMS reminders.