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The Impact of Microfinance Loans on the Clients' Enterprises: Caja Los Andes, Bolivia

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Ulrike Vogelgesang () (CDSEM)

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This paper analyzes the impact of microfinance loans on productivity and growth of micro-enterprises using a unique client database from Caja Los Andes, one of the leading microfinance providers in Bolivia. Our results show that the clients put the additional funds to good use: Clients with a higher number and a higher average size of prior loans are found to have higher growth rates than other clients. The effects on productivity depend on the size of the business. Surprisingly, clients with larger businesses benefit more from prior loans than others.

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Paper provided by Post Graduate Programme "Allocation on Financial Markets", University of Mannheim in its series GK working paper series with number 2001-03.

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Date of creation: Mar 2001
Date of revision: Nov 2001
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Keywords: Microfinance; Microenterprise development; micro-enterprise growth; Impact analysis;

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O16 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment
O17 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity

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