The Impact of Microcredit Programs on Self-Employment Profits: Do Noncredit Program Aspects Matter?

McKernan, Signe‐Mary

doi:10.1162/003465302317331946

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“…Pitt and Khandker (1998), using instrumental variable method, …nd that microcredit signi…cantly increases consumption expenditure, reduces poverty, and increases non-land assets. Morduch (1998), using the same dataset but applying a di¤erence-in-di¤erence approach, …nds that microcredit has insigni…cant or even negative e¤ects on the same measures of outcomes. Khandker (2005) …nds more muted results than Pitt and Khandker (1998).…”

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Medium‐ and Long‐Term Participation in Microcredit: An Evaluation Using a New Panel Dataset from Bangladesh

Islam

2011

American J Agri Economics

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The objective of this paper is to estimate the impacts of medium-and long-term participation in microcredit programs. It utilises a new and large panel dataset collected from treatment and control households from 1997 to 2005. The data enables us to identify continuing participants in the program as well as newcomers and leavers. We employ di¤erent estimation strategies including triple-di¤erence and propensity score matching methods to control for selection bias. The impact estimates indicate that the bene…ts from microcredit vary more than proportionately with the duration of participation in a program. Larger bene…ts are realized from longer-term participation, and that the bene…ts continue to accrue beyond departure from the program. The …ndings indicate the need to observe longer periods of participation to provide a reliable basis for assessing the e¤ectiveness of microcredit lending.JEL Classi…cation: C21, C33, H43, G21, I31, O12, O16

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Medium‐ and Long‐Term Participation in Microcredit: An Evaluation Using a New Panel Dataset from Bangladesh

Islam

2011

American J Agri Economics

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“…Through this participatory process, MFIs' contributions are enhanced and people-centered environmentally-sustainable development is able to take place. According to McKernan (2002), in order to achieve its goals-particularly those of poverty alleviation-Grameen Bank provides non-credit services in addition to its credit services, such as vocational training, the provision of health and other information, and information-sharing and monitoring amongst members, all of which were shown to positively affect clients' self-employment-derived profits. Jha and Bawa (2007), in their analysis of eco-development in India, which revealed that skills reduce environmental pressure, argue that MFIs need to develop knowledge-intensive skills in their clients, as well as increase involvement in their business operations.…”

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The role of Islamic microfinance in poverty alleviation and environmental awareness in Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia

Effendi¹

2013

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“…The increasing number of these micro loans ultimately increases the amount of household savings. Microcredit (McKernan, 2002) for poor households contributes positively to poverty alleviation. Microcredit for the purpose to purchase capital inputs, generates a positive impact on programme participation and self-employment profits.…”

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Competition and Cooperation in Economics and Business

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Gitaharie²,

Gani³

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The Impact of Microcredit Programs on Self-Employment Profits: Do Noncredit Program Aspects Matter?

Cited by 188 publications

References 17 publications

Medium‐ and Long‐Term Participation in Microcredit: An Evaluation Using a New Panel Dataset from Bangladesh

Medium‐ and Long‐Term Participation in Microcredit: An Evaluation Using a New Panel Dataset from Bangladesh

The role of Islamic microfinance in poverty alleviation and environmental awareness in Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia

Competition and Cooperation in Economics and Business

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