Paper #1407

Título:

On the impact of microcredit: Evidence from a randomized intervention in rural Ethiopia

Autores:

Alessandro Tarozzi, Jaikishan Desai y Kristin Johnson

Fecha:

Octubre 2013

Resumen:

We use data from a randomized controlled trial conducted in 2003-2006 in rural Amhara and Oromiya (Ethiopia) to study the impacts of the introduction of microfinance in treated communities. We document that borrowing increased substantially in locations where the programs started their operations, but we find mixed evidence of improvements in a number of socio-economic outcomes, including income from agriculture, animal husbandry, non-farm self-employment, schooling and indicators of women's empowerment.

Palabras clave:

Microcredit; Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial; Ethiopia

Códigos JEL:

O12, O16

Área de investigación:

Economía Laboral, Pública, de Desarrollo y de la Salud

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