G16 "Can community-based microfinance groups match savers with borrowers? Evidence from rural Malawi", CSAE Working Paper WPS/2015-13, May 2015
Abstract
The data available here is for the following iiG working paper:
Rachel Cassidy, Marcel Fafchamps. "Can community-based microfinance groups match savers with borrowers? Evidence from rural Malawi", CSAE Working Paper WPS/2015-13, May 2015
For further background see the project: 'Savings, lending and default in community-based microfinance groups: Evidence from rural Malawi'
The dataset contains the following files:
'iiG-dataset-G16-README.pdf'
'iig-dataset-g16-datafile.dta'
'iig-dataset-g16-questionnaire.pdf'
'csae-wps-2015-13.pdf', the working Paper
The working paper combines this iiG-funded dataset with data collected by Ksoll et al. as part of their impact evaluation http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387815001352. If you are interested in obtaining further details then please contact Rachel Cassidy.
Availability and Acknowledgements
This data is made available by the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford. Permission for use of the data for academic research is given by the Centre. We would ask that the use of the data, its sources, and the financing for the surveys be acknowledged.
This data was funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) as part of the Improving Institutions for Pro-Poor Growth (iiG), a research consortium aimed at studying how to improve institutions in Africa and South-Asia. Any views expressed are not necessarily those of DFID.
