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Microfinance Evaluation Strategies: Notes on Methodology and Findings

In: The Handbook Of Microfinance

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  • Dean Karlan

    (Yale University, Innovations for Poverty Action, Financial Access Initiative, and the MIT Jameel Poverty Action Lab, USA)

  • Nathanael Goldberg

    (Innovations for Poverty Action, USA)

Abstract

The following sections are included:Introduction: Why Evaluate?Definition of MicrofinanceKey characteristics of microfinanceLiability structure of microfinance loans“Other” microfinance servicesTypes of Policies to EvaluateProgram impact evaluationsProduct or process impact evaluationsPolicy evaluationsMethodological ApproachesRandomized controlled trials for program evaluationExperimental credit scoringRandomized program placementEncouragement designsEthical considerations of randomized evaluationsQuasi-experimental methodologies for program evaluationRandomized controlled trials for product and process innovationsOther considerationsDetermining sample sizeImpact IndicatorsEnterprise incomeConsumption smoothingWider impactsSpilloversImpact on the MFITiming of measurementOutstanding Issues for EvaluationReferences

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  • Dean Karlan & Nathanael Goldberg, 2011. "Microfinance Evaluation Strategies: Notes on Methodology and Findings," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Beatriz Armendáriz & Marc Labie (ed.), The Handbook Of Microfinance, chapter 2, pages 17-58, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    1. Nargiza Alimukhamedova, 2014. "Microfinance Environment in Uzbekistan: Analysis of Supply and Demand," Working Papers 344, Leibniz Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (Institute for East and Southeast European Studies).
    2. Rocco Caferra & Andrea Morone & Piergiuseppe Morone & Paolo Storelli, 2022. "Professional traders’ individual and social preferences under risk: Does group's wealth matter?," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 93(4), pages 1063-1082, December.
    3. Schicks, Jessica, 2014. "Over-Indebtedness in Microfinance – An Empirical Analysis of Related Factors on the Borrower Level," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 301-324.
    4. Mawuli Kodjovi Couchoro, 2019. "La place des mecanismes d’epargne-credit et de pret progressif dans la selection des clients des IMF en milieu urbain : le cas de WAGES en 2010," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 31(2), pages 314-331, April.
    5. Nadeera Ranabahu & Ananda Wickramasinghe, 2022. "Sustainable Leadership in Microfinance: A Pathway for Sustainable Initiatives in Micro and Small Businesses?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-15, April.
    6. Mallick, Debdulal, 2013. "How Effective is a Big Push to the Small? Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 168-182.
    7. Gloukoviezoff, Georges, 2016. "Evaluating the impact of European microfinance. The foundations," EIF Working Paper Series 2016/33, European Investment Fund (EIF).
    8. Emilio M. Santandreu & Joaquín López Pascual & Salvador Cruz Rambaud, 2020. "Determinants of Repayment among Male and Female Microcredit Clients in the USA. An Approach Based on Managers’ Perceptions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-17, February.

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