Assessing the long-term impact of microcredit on rural poverty: Does the timing and length of participation matter?
In recent years, microfinance institutions are seen as beacons of hope to help eradicate poverty through, among others, providing credit to poor rural households. Availability of small but repeated loans is, in the long-term, expected to impact on poverty. However, decades after the introduction of...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Berhane, Guush Gardebroek, Cornelis |
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| description | In recent years, microfinance institutions are seen as beacons of hope to help eradicate poverty through, among others, providing credit to poor rural households. Availability of small but repeated loans is, in the long-term, expected to impact on poverty. However, decades after the introduction of microfinance institutions into many rural areas, there are still questions as to what extent such long-term benefits are realized. This is because evaluating the long-term impact of microfinance provision on household welfare is difficult due to difficulties in controlling for heterogeneities in the borrower pool and subsequent borrowing dynamics. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1540082025-11-06T06:19:14Z Assessing the long-term impact of microcredit on rural poverty: Does the timing and length of participation matter? Berhane, Guush Gardebroek, Cornelis microfinance impact assessment In recent years, microfinance institutions are seen as beacons of hope to help eradicate poverty through, among others, providing credit to poor rural households. Availability of small but repeated loans is, in the long-term, expected to impact on poverty. However, decades after the introduction of microfinance institutions into many rural areas, there are still questions as to what extent such long-term benefits are realized. This is because evaluating the long-term impact of microfinance provision on household welfare is difficult due to difficulties in controlling for heterogeneities in the borrower pool and subsequent borrowing dynamics. 2012 2024-10-01T13:58:55Z 2024-10-01T13:58:55Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154008 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ethiopian Development Research Institute Berhane, Guush; Gardebroek, Cornelis 2012. Assessing the long-term impact of microcredit on rural poverty: Does the timing and length of participation matter? https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154008 |
| spellingShingle | microfinance impact assessment Berhane, Guush Gardebroek, Cornelis Assessing the long-term impact of microcredit on rural poverty: Does the timing and length of participation matter? |
| title | Assessing the long-term impact of microcredit on rural poverty: Does the timing and length of participation matter? |
| title_full | Assessing the long-term impact of microcredit on rural poverty: Does the timing and length of participation matter? |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the long-term impact of microcredit on rural poverty: Does the timing and length of participation matter? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the long-term impact of microcredit on rural poverty: Does the timing and length of participation matter? |
| title_short | Assessing the long-term impact of microcredit on rural poverty: Does the timing and length of participation matter? |
| title_sort | assessing the long term impact of microcredit on rural poverty does the timing and length of participation matter |
| topic | microfinance impact assessment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154008 |
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