Relief from usury: Impact of a self-help group lending program in rural India

Provision of low-cost credit to the poor through self-help groups (SHGs) has been embraced as a key poverty-reduction strategy in developing countries, but evidence on the impact of this approach is thin. Using a randomized program rollout over 180 panchayats, we evaluate the impact of a government-...

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Main Authors:	Hoffmann, Vivian, Rao, Vijayendra, Surendra, Vaishnavi, Datta, Upamanyu
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Elsevier 2021
Subjects:	informal sector education lending gender women's empowerment impact evaluation empowerment poverty rural areas credit impact assessment women caste systems
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142687