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Entrepreneurship & Microfinance

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Entrepreneurship & Microfinance

What can we do to foster women’s entrepreneurial opportunities? Microfinance services can bridge the gap between poor households and financial services by smoothing cash flow and building assets. Discover research in this area that examines how, for whom, and why particular financial products and designs work.

Gender Differences in the Effects of Vocational Training: Constraints on Women and Drop-Out Behavior

Women are more constrained by family obligations, distance, and illness, affecting their participation and resulting in higher dropout rates from vocational training programs.

Yoonyoung Cho, Davie Kalomba, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Orozco Olvera, Victor Hugo (2013)

The Economic Returns to Social Interaction: Experimental Evidence from Microfinance

Increased social interaction among microfinance client-groups leads to significantly lower default rates and a higher willingness to pool financial risk with group members.

Benjamin Feigenberg, Erica Field, Rohini Pande (2013)

Savings Constraints and Microenterprise Development: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya

Access to a formalized savings account substantially improves female small-business owners’ overall savings and investment in business operations in Kenya.

Pascaline Dupas, Jonathan Robinson (2013)

Do Traditional Institutions Constrain Female Entrepreneurship? A Field Experiment on Business Training in India

Strict gender norms constrain women’s entrepreneurial opportunities.

Erica Field, Seema Jayachandran, Rohini Pande (2010)

Female Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines

Increasing women’s control over assets and encouraging them to set goals leads to increased decision-making for women in households.

Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, Wesley Yin (2010)

Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns

One-time grants to small business owners in Sri Lanka led to sustained increases in income for men, but not for women.

Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff (2009)

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Entrepreneurship & Microfinance

The Economic Returns to Social Interaction: Experimental Evidence from Microfinance

Increased social interaction among microfinance client-groups leads to significantly lower default rates and a higher willingness to pool financial risk with group members.

Benjamin Feigenberg, Erica Field, Rohini Pande (2013)

Do Traditional Institutions Constrain Female Entrepreneurship? A Field Experiment on Business Training in India

Strict gender norms constrain women’s entrepreneurial opportunities.

Erica Field, Seema Jayachandran, Rohini Pande (2010)

Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns

One-time grants to small business owners in Sri Lanka led to sustained increases in income for men, but not for women.

Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff (2009)

Gender Differences in the Effects of Vocational Training: Constraints on Women and Drop-Out Behavior

Women are more constrained by family obligations, distance, and illness, affecting their participation and resulting in higher dropout rates from vocational training programs.

Yoonyoung Cho, Davie Kalomba, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Orozco Olvera, Victor Hugo (2013)

Savings Constraints and Microenterprise Development: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya

Access to a formalized savings account substantially improves female small-business owners’ overall savings and investment in business operations in Kenya.

Pascaline Dupas, Jonathan Robinson (2013)

Female Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines

Increasing women’s control over assets and encouraging them to set goals leads to increased decision-making for women in households.

Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, Wesley Yin (2010)

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