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Impact of Savings Groups on the Lives of the Poor
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Impact of Savings Groups on the Lives of the Poor
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https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/EJTYHC
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| Creator |
Karlan, Dean
Savonitto, Beniamino Thuysbaert, Bram Udry, Christopher |
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Harvard Dataverse
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| Description |
Savings-led microfinance programs operate in poor rural communities in developing countries to establish groups that save and then lend out the accumulated savings to each other. Nonprofit organizations train villagers to create and lead these groups. In a clustered randomized evaluation spanning three African countries (Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda), we find that the promotion of these community-based microfinance groups leads to an improvement in household business outcomes and women’s empowerment. However, we do not find evidence of impacts on average consumption or other livelihoods. The data and code for this study are forthcoming. |
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Social Sciences
Savings Microfinance Resilience Empowerment Rural development |
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| Language |
English
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Research Support, Innovations for Poverty Action
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Survey data
Administrative data |
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