Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/82559 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2010:22
Publisher: 
Uppsala University, Department of Economics, Uppsala
Abstract: 
We evaluate the impact of training provided by facilitators of Self Help Groups (SHGs). This evaluation provides one of the first studies of the impact of 'microfinance plus', or the disbursement of services beyond credit. Indian SHGs are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but funded by commercial banks. We correct for membership selection bias with data on current as well as future SHG members. We then account for potential training endogeneity with propensity score matching. Regression and unadjusted matching results indicate that training does not aid in asset accumulation but can reverse the negative impact of credit on income. However, regression adjusted matching which controls for both participation and training selection bias reveals that training impacts assets but not income. These results are robust to sensitivity analyses performed on these estimates.
Subjects: 
India
microfinance
training
impact studies
Self Help Groups
JEL: 
G21
I32
O12
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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