Getting credit to high return micro entrepreneurs : the results of an information intervention (English)

Small-scale entrepreneurs typically cite access to finance as the most important constraint to growth. Recent randomized experiments have shown the return to capital to be very high for the average microenterprise in Sri Lanka. An intervention was designed to improve access to credit among these high-return microenterprises without subsidizing interest rates or requiring group lending. The intervention consisted of information sessions providing details...

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Mckenzie,David J.;

Woodruff,Christopher Marshall;

De Mel,Suresh;
Document Date
2011/05/18
Document Type
Journal Article
Report Number
81278
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Sri Lanka,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2013/12/17
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Getting credit to high return micro entrepreneurs : the results of an information intervention
Keywords
loan application

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Mckenzie,David J.; Woodruff,Christopher Marshall; De Mel,Suresh.

Getting credit to high return micro entrepreneurs : the results of an information intervention (English). Washington DC ; World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/604541468302394968

Getting credit to high return micro entrepreneurs : the results of an information intervention (English)

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