Arbeitspapier

Microfinance 'plus': The impact of business training on Indian self help groups

The provision of business training with microfinance leads to a positive impact on assets for the participating households. We correct for membership selection bias and account for potential training endogeneity with propensity score matching, using data from the Self Help Group microfinance program in India.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Working Paper ; No. 2010:24

Classification
Wirtschaft
Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Subject
India
microfinance
business training
impact studies
Self Help Groups
Mikrofinanzierung
Selbsthilfeförderung (Entwicklungsländer)
Wirkungsanalyse
Indien

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Swain, Ranjula Bali
Varghese, Adel
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Uppsala University, Department of Economics
(where)
Uppsala
(when)
2010

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-138920
Last update
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Swain, Ranjula Bali
  • Varghese, Adel
  • Uppsala University, Department of Economics

Time of origin

  • 2010

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