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Microenterprise Finance

Microenterprise Finance is a financial framework designed to provide small-scale capital, credit, and financial services to micro-sized enterprises, distinguishing itself from broader financial systems by targeting early-stage, low-income entrepreneurs in developing economies to foster economic self-reliance and sustainable development.

161

Publications

12.4K

Citations

281

Authors

183

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

30

Variants

Micro-enterprise Finance

Parents

Publications

161

Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment<sup>*</sup>

Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2008 · 1K citations

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Savings Constraints and Microenterprise Development: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya

Pascaline Dupas, Jonathan Robinson · American Economic Journal Applied Economics · 2013 · 955 citations

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Microenterprise finance: Is there a conflict between growth and poverty alleviation?

Paul Mosley, David Hulme · World Development · 1998 · 400 citations

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Does the Classic Microfinance Model Discourage Entrepreneurship Among the Poor? Experimental Evidence from India

Erica Field, Rohini Pande, John Papp et al. · American Economic Review · 2013 · 371 citations

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The Effect of Virtuous and Entrepreneurial Orientations on Microfinance Lending and Repayment: A Signaling Theory Perspective

Todd W. Moss, Donald O. Neubaum, Moriah Meyskens · Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice · 2014 · 360 citations

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Authors

281

  1. CW
    Christopher Woodruff

    University of California San Diego, United States

    10 publications · 2.1K citations

    10

    h-index

  2. SD
    Suresh de Mel

    University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

    7 publications · 1.4K citations

    7

    h-index

  3. DM
    David McKenzie

    World Bank Group, United States

    7 publications · 1.7K citations

    7

    h-index

  4. DK
    Dean Karlan

    Yale University, United States

    6 publications · 761 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. SQ
    Simon Quinn

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 499 citations

    5

    h-index

1–5 of 281

Institutions

183

  1. World Bank

    Washington, United States

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    1K citations

  5. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    698 citations

  6. Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    725 citations

  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    462 citations

  8. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    1.6K citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 12 publications · 1K citations

    12

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  2. World Development

    8 publications · 1.4K citations

    8

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  3. Enterprise Development and Microfinance

    EDM · 6 publications · 106 citations

    6

    h-index

  4. Journal of International Development

    5 publications · 277 citations

    5

    h-index

  5. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 4 publications · 56 citations

    4

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