Impact of microcredit in rural areas of Morocco: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

By Bruno Crépon, F. Devoto, Esther Duflo, William Parienté. 2011

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Finance and Growth for Microenterprises: Evidence from Rural China (2015, unknown): “Specifically, Banerjee et al. (2013) and Crepon et al. (2011) use randomized controlled trials in India and Morocco, respectively, and show that only some clients use microcredit loans to start up enterprises.”
The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation (2013, unknown): “A number of recent papers have reported on subsequent randomized evaluations of similar programs in Morocco (Crépon et al., 2011), Bosnia-Herzegovina (Augsburg et al.”
Win Some Lose Some? Evidence from a Randomized Microcredit Program Placement Experiment by Compartamos Banco (2013, methodology): “3 Randomized-control evaluations of joint-liability microlending at lower interest rates by nonprofits (Banerjee et al. 2009; Crepon et al. 2011), or a for-profit bank (Attanasio et al.”
Field experiments across the social sciences (2017, background): “For instance, in the households of business owners, money is diverted from consumption toward business investment (Banerjee et al. 2010b, Crépon et al. 2011).”
Jobs for Shared Prosperity: Time for Action in the Middle East and North Africa (2013, background): “According to a recent study testing the impact of microfi nance in rural areas of Morocco, the introduction of microcredit in highly credit-constrained environments signifi cantly increased access to fi nancial markets, quadrupling the borrowing power of households (Crépon et al. 2011).”
Generating Skilled Self-Employment in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence from Uganda* (2014, background): “4 Several experiments show microfinance raises farm investment but has little effect on new enterprise or earnings (Angelucci, Karlan, and Zinman 2012; Attanasio et al. 2011; Augsburg et al. 2012; Banerjee et al. 2013; Crépon et al. 2011).”
The Persistent Power of Behavioral Change: Long-Run Impacts of Temporary Savings Subsidies for the Poor (2018, unknown): “These results mirror recent findings from a number of capital drop experiments and microfinance evaluations, which suggest that only individuals with some pre-existing entrepreneurial skill are able to benefit from interventions to grow self-employment income (Crépon et al. 2011; Angelucci et al. 20”
Do Interventions Targeted at Micro-Entrepreneurs and Small and Medium-Sized Firms Create Jobs? A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Low and Middle Income Countries (2014, background): “Finally, with respect to business profits, the majority of studies does not detect an impact (see Angelucci et al., 2013; Augsburg et al., 2012; Barnes, 2011; Crepón et al., 2011; De Mel et al., 2013b; Karlan and Zinman, 2011; Nelson, 2011).”
Challenges in Banking the Rural Poor: Evidence from Kenya's Western Province (2015, unknown): “[24] Crepon, Bruno, Florencia Devoto, Esther Duflo and William Pariente (2011).”
Market inefficiencies and the adoption of agricultural technologies in developing countries 1 (2013, background): “Crepon et al. (2011) provide even more recent evidence on the impact of microcredit in rural Morocco.”
Can Basic Entrepreneurship Transform the Economic Lives of the Poor? (2013, result): “This is also consistent with the fact that many evaluations of micro nance suggest it does not help create new businesses [Banerjee et al. 2010, Crepon et al. 2011, Karlan and Zinman 2011, Kaboski and Townsend 2011] and with the disappointing performance of shortterm training for existing…”