Can joint-liability microcredit help to share entrepreneurial risks? Insights from Mongolia By allowing risk sharing, joint-liability lending can foster entrepreneurship among microcredit borrowers Finance Orazio Attanasio Britta Augsburg Ralph De Haas Published 11.05.21
Does household electrification supercharge economic development? To what extent do the poorest rural households in sub-Saharan Africa benefit from residential electrification investments? Energy & Environment Edward Miguel Published 27.05.20
Can microfinance unlock the poverty trap for some entrepreneurs? Microfinance has potentially transformative impacts for some entrepreneurs, especially those who otherwise would be stuck in a poverty trap Finance Abhijit Banerjee Emily Breza Esther Duflo Cynthia Kinnan Published 27.03.20
What happens when investments targeting women’s microbusinesses go to men? Previous estimates of returns to microfinance for women are low partly because they often use it to invest in businesses that are not their own Finance Arielle Bernhardt Erica Field Rohini Pande Natalia Rigol Published 27.01.20
Allocating capital to microentrepreneurs through community surveys in India Incentivising accuracy in peer evaluations of microentrepreneurs can support the allocation of capital to those with the greatest likelihood of growth Firms Natalia Rigol Benjamin N. Roth Published 30.08.19
Do business plan competitions work? A business plan competition successfully identified entrepreneurs capable of effectively utilising capital to grow their business in Nigeria. Firms David McKenzie Published 10.05.18
