11. Evaluation of a Large Scale Microfinance Experiment

MIT 14.772 Development Economics: Macroeconomics, Spring 2013
Instructor: Robert Townsend

This lecture covers the research methods used to evaluate microcredit programs.

Chapters
0:00:27 Introduction to lecture
0:01:35 Review of literature on evaluations of microcredit; emphasis on importance of heterogeneity
0:07:05 Introduction to Townsend and Kaboski (2012) on Million Baht Fund program
0:17:44 Description of data pre- and post-intervention
0:24:45 Discussion of reduced form results
1:06:35 Discussion of structural results

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