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FIALA: Is the Evidence for the Lack of Impact of Microfinance Just a Design Problem?
Microfinance is one of the most hotly debated interventions in developing countries over the last 20 years. These are generally small loans, often given to women with short repayment periods and high interest rates (though often much lower than local…
Read MoreSearching for Specification Searching in Development Impact Evaluations
[From the paper “Specification Searching and Significance Inflation AcrossTime, Methods and Disciplines” by Eva Vivalt, published in the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics] “…This paper leverages a database of impact evaluation results collected by AidGrade, a US non-profit organization that…
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