MIT 14.772 Development Economics: Macroeconomics, Spring 2013 - 11. Evaluation of a Large Scale Microfinance Experiment

MIT 14.772 Development Economics: Macroeconomics, Spring 2013 View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/14-772S13 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 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu