Measuring the impact of an ongoing microcredit project: evidence from a study in Ghana

Steffen Eriksen and Robert Lensink

Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2015, vol. 7, issue 4, 519-529

Abstract: This article uses a mixed method approach to assess the impact of a microfinance organisation in Ghana. By combining propensity score matching with a double-difference method, the authors determine that microcredit has a positive effect on expenditures but does not positively affect a series of other outcome variables. A list experiment further suggests that microcredit loan proceeds often are not spent productively.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2015.1095782

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