Feb
17
2:00—3:30 PM
Center for Global Development, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC
Expanding Microenterprise Credit Access: The Impacts of Randomly Assigned Loans on Microenterprises in Manila
Abstract: We work with a lender to randomize approvals of individual liability microenterprise loans to marginal applicants in the metropolitan Manila area of the Philippines. We then use an extensive follow-up survey to measure impact on borrowing, ...