Microcredit, miracle or disaster? by Esther Duflo

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Le Monde

January 20, 2010

IPA Research Affiliate Esther Duflo writes about the role of microcredit in development.

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The Impact of Microcredit in the Philippines

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Esther Duflo, Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman, Abhijit Banerjee, Rachel Glennerster

Country:

India, Philippines

Program area:

Financial Inclusion

Topics:

Microcredit, Microenterprise, Rural Finance

Partners:

International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), Acumen, First Isabela Cooperative (FICO), First Macro Bank (FMB), First Valley Bank, National Science Foundation (NSF), United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

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Microcredit, miracle or disaster? by Esther Duflo