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MDGs and microcredit: an empirical evaluation for Latin American countries

Bebczuk, Ricardo Néstor et al · SEDICI UNLP · 2007

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Este trabajo utiliza por primera vez información de encuestas de hogares para América Latina para investigar el grado y los efectos del acceso al crédito en el ingreso y la educación en los hogares pobres. Con este propósito en mente, se estiman regresiones multivariadas para estimar el impacto de créditos en los ingresos laborales de los pobres y en la probabilidad de que sus hijos se mantengan en la primaria y secundaria. En línea con la evidencia disponible en el tema, el estudio encuentra resultados mixtos. Pese a que no se identifican casos negativos, se encuentran efectos positivos y significativos en algunos (aunque no todos) casos. Los ejercicios de simulación apoyan la noción de que el microcrédito puede ser una herramienta poderosa pero con limitaciones para alcanzar los ODMs. This study uses for the first time household survey data from a number of Latin American countries to investigate the degree and effects of the access to credit on the income and education of poor households. With this goal in mind, multivariate regressions are run to estimate the impact of the credit to the poor on their labor income and on the probability of their children to stay at both primary and secondary school. Afterwards, based on these results, alternative credit policies are simulated. Much in line with the available microcredit evidence, the study provides mixed results: while no negative effects are identified, positive and significant loadings are found in several, but not all cases. The simulation exercises support the claim that microcredit might be a relatively powerful but still limited tool for meeting the MDGs. Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS)

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Bebczuk, R. N. E. A. (2007). MDGs and microcredit: an empirical evaluation for Latin American countries. http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/3607

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Bebczuk, Ricardo Néstor et al. "MDGs and microcredit: an empirical evaluation for Latin American countries." 2007. http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/3607.

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Bebczuk, Ricardo Néstor et al. 2007. "MDGs and microcredit: an empirical evaluation for Latin American countries.". http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/3607.

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Bebczuk, R. N. E. A. 2007, MDGs and microcredit: an empirical evaluation for Latin American countries, SEDICI UNLP, available at: http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/3607 [Accessed 7 Aug. 2026].

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MDGs and microcredit: an empirical evaluation for Latin American countries
Author / contributors
Bebczuk, Ricardo Néstor et al
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SEDICI UNLP
Publication year
2007
Language
English

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