Microfinance Evaluation Strategies: Notes on Methodology and Findings

Dean Karlan and Nathanael Goldberg
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Nathanael Goldberg: Innovations for Poverty Action, USA

Chapter 2 in The Handbook of Microfinance, 2011, pp 17-58 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe following sections are included:Introduction: Why Evaluate?Definition of MicrofinanceKey characteristics of microfinanceLiability structure of microfinance loans“Other” microfinance servicesTypes of Policies to EvaluateProgram impact evaluationsProduct or process impact evaluationsPolicy evaluationsMethodological ApproachesRandomized controlled trials for program evaluationExperimental credit scoringRandomized program placementEncouragement designsEthical considerations of randomized evaluationsQuasi-experimental methodologies for program evaluationRandomized controlled trials for product and process innovationsOther considerationsDetermining sample sizeImpact IndicatorsEnterprise incomeConsumption smoothingWider impactsSpilloversImpact on the MFITiming of measurementOutstanding Issues for EvaluationReferences

Keywords: Microfinance; Poverty; Microcredit; Informal Markets; Microsavings; Microinsurance; Social Responsibility; Randomized Impact Evaluations; Ethics; Gender; South Asia; Latin America; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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