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Impact of Rural Microcredit in Morocco Evaluating the impact of microcredit on poverty reduction in rural Morocco. Country: Morocco Research Areas: Measuring Impact Themes: Credit Status: Ongoing |
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Impact of Microcredit for Women in Mexico Evaluating the social and economic impact of microcredit on individual borrowers and their communities. Country: Mexico Research Areas: Measuring Impact Themes: Credit Status: Ongoing |
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Impact of Microcredit and Interest Rate Sensitivity – First Valley Bank, First Macro Bank, and FICO Bank, Philippines Investigating the impact of credit on micro-entrepreneurs and understanding optimal client selection through the use of credit scores and variation in interest rate offers. Country: Philippines Research Areas: Mechanisms Matter, Measuring Impact Themes: Credit, Interest Rates Status: Complete |
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The Impact of CARES Commitment Savings for Smoking Cessation in the Philippines Can financial incentives work to help people quit smoking? The CARES (Committed Action to Reduce and End Smoking) Program, creates a commitment contract that provides financial incentives for smokers who wish to quit smoking. Smokers offered the product were more likely to be smoke-free 6 and 12 months afterwards! Country: Philippines Research Areas: Reimagining Financial Access Themes: Behavioral Economics, Commitment Devices, Savings Status: Complete |
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The miracle of microfinance? Evidence from a randomized evaluation Microcredit has spread rapidly since its beginnings in the late 1970s, but whether and how much it helps the poor is the subject of intense debate. Does the introduction of microcredit in the slums of Hyderabad, India have the power to transform lives? Country: India Research Areas: Measuring Impact Themes: Big Picture Status: Complete |
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Business Education for Microcredit Clients in Peru Much microcredit is targeted at entrepreneurs, but not everyone has business skills or knowledge. Could business training help improve the borrowers' results? Women who received training increased their knowledge, improved their business practices, and had greater revenue. The lender benefited too: those clients had better repayment and were more likely to borrow again. Country: Peru Research Areas: Mechanisms Matter Themes: Training Status: Complete |
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Smoothing the Cost of Education: Micro-Savings in Primary Schools in Uganda Evaluating the impact of a savings program for primary school students and determining whether it can serve as a means to decrease student dropout rates. Country: Uganda Research Areas: Mechanisms Matter Themes: Savings Status: Ongoing |
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The Return to Capital for Small Retailers: Evidence from Inventories in Kenya Measuring returns to capital for small rural retailers and examining the sources of deviations from efficiency and of heterogeneity in firms and their returns. Country: Kenya Research Areas: Investment and Regulation Themes: Credit Status: Complete |
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Saving for Health (Health and ROSCA Project, and Survivors’ Health and Income Project) in Kenya Testing the demand for and impact of commitment savings devices earmarked for health. Country: Kenya Research Areas: Reimagining Financial Access, Measuring Impact Themes: Savings Status: Ongoing |
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Evaluating the Microfinance and Health Protection Initiative in Benin Evaluating the impact of solidarity lending, health education, and provision of health products with Freedom From Hunger and PADME in Benin. Country: Benin Research Areas: Mechanisms Matter, Measuring Impact Themes: Training Status: Ongoing |
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Determinants of Delinquency: A Field Experiment in the Philippines Studying the characteristics of microfinance clients who are more likely to default with the aim of helping microfinance institutions make better selection decisions. Country: Philippines Research Areas: Reimagining Financial Access Themes: Behavioral Economics, Credit Status: Complete |
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Debt Trap, Financial Literacy, and Savings in the Philippines Examining whether paying off a market vendor’s existing debt to moneylenders will prevent future indebtedness. Country: Philippines Research Areas: Mechanisms Matter Themes: Credit, Financial Literacy, Savings Status: Ongoing |
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Credit with Health Insurance: Evidence from the Philippines Understanding health and risk-taking impacts of access to health insurance in order to estimate the optimal distribution channel for these micro-insurance products. Country: Philippines Research Areas: Mechanisms Matter, Measuring Impact Themes: Behavioral Economics, Insurance, Marketing Status: Ongoing |
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Valuing Trust in Poor Communities in Peru Investigating what determines trust in social networks in poor communities and evaluating a novel microfinance model that aims to reach a broader array of clients through the incorporation of individual lending practices into an existing group lending model. Country: Peru Research Areas: Mechanisms Matter Themes: Behavioral Economics, Credit, Product Design Status: Ongoing |
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Interest Rates and Client Incentives for Repayment in Peru Understanding how current and potential microfinance clients respond to changes in interest rates. Country: Peru Research Areas: Mechanisms Matter Themes: Credit, Interest Rates, Product Design Status: Complete |
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Cosignatory Requirement as a Barrier for Women Accessing Credit in Peru Examining whether the cosignatory requirement is indeed acting as a barrier for women accessing credit. Country: Peru Research Areas: Mechanisms Matter Themes: Credit, Product Design Status: Ongoing |
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Inviting Husbands to Female Microcredit Groups in Mexico Evaluating household impacts of including husbands in solidarity lending groups. Country: Mexico Research Areas: Mechanisms Matter Themes: Credit, Gender, Product Design Status: Complete |
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Evaluating the Saving for Change Program in Mali Evaluating the overall impact of the saving for change program in Mali and determining the most economical and effective way of spreading the program. Country: Mali Research Areas: Measuring Impact Themes: Savings Status: Ongoing |
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The Psychology of Debt: An Experiment in India Understanding why some microentrepreneurs frequently use high interest rate debt for working capital without a corresponding increase in the scale of business operations. Country: India Research Areas: Reimagining Financial Access Themes: Behavioral Economics, Credit, Financial Literacy Status: Ongoing |
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Targeting the Ultra Poor (TUP) in Rural Honduras Evaluating the viability of graduating the ultra poor out of extreme poverty through enterprise development, financial education, savings services and training. Country: Honduras Research Areas: Reimagining Financial Access Themes: Training, Ultra Poor Status: Ongoing |