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Intermediated Loans: A New Approach to Microfinance

author(s) Dilip Mookherjee, Motta. - A., Pushkar Maitra. - Mitra, S.. - Visaria, S.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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  • Southern Asia
  • Asia
  • World
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Pushkar Maitra; Mitra, S.; Dilip Mookherjee; Motta, A.; Visaria, S. Intermediated Loans: A New Approach to Microfinance. (2012) 2 pp

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Abstract

The main question addressed in this project is whether it is possible to design a more flexible system of microfinance that targets smallholder agriculture, without requiring collateral and without endangering financial sustainability. We design and implement an agent-intermediated individual liability loan (AIL) system in a field experiment, with group-based lending (GBL) as a control

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