Microfinance ‘Plus’: The Impact of Business Training on Indian Self Help Groups

Ranjula Bali Swain and Adel Varghese ()
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Adel Varghese: Department of Economics, Texas A & M University, Postal: College Station, TX, USA, 77843

No 2010:24, Working Paper Series from Uppsala University, Department of Economics

Abstract: The provision of business training with microfinance leads to a positive impact on assets for the participating households. We correct for membership selection bias and account for potential training endogeneity with propensity score matching, using data from the Self Help Group microfinance program in India.

Keywords: India; microfinance; business training; impact studies; Self Help Groups (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 I32 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 9 pages
Date: 2010-12-10
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