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Basel III implementation and SME financing : evidence for emerging markets and developing economies
Fišera, Boris; Horváth, Roman; Melecký, Martin - 2019
This paper examines the effect of Basel III implementation on the access to finance of small and medium-size enterprises in 32 emerging markets and developing economies. Analyzing rich, repeated cross-sectional data and a panel of matched firm-bank data in a difference-in-differences setting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012167938
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Playing to strength : growth strategy for small agrarian economies in Africa
Yusuf, Shahid; Kumar, Praveen - 2018
With urban industrialization on the scale achieved by East Asian economies looking increasingly less plausible, small economies in Africa need an alternative strategic approach to long-term growth. The purpose of this paper is to identify a growth strategy with the greatest potential for small,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903120
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Small business training to improve management practices in developing countries : reassessing the evidence for "Training Doesn’t Work"
McKenzie, David J. - 2020
Despite the popularity of business training among policy makers, the use of business training has faced increasing skepticism. This is, in part, fueled by the fact that most of the first wave of randomized experiments in developing countries could not detect statistically significant impacts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388660
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Using experimental evidence to inform firm support programs in developing countries
Grover, Arti; Imbruno, Michele - 2020
Countries design programs for supporting firms, with varying levels of success. Firm growth is constrained by several factors, such as low firm capabilities (e.g. management), availability of finance, and access to markets. Based on the available experimental evidence on firm support programs in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390615
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Measuring employment : experimental evidence from urban Ghana
Heath, Rachel; Mansuri, Ghazala; Rijkers, Bob; Seitz, … - 2020
Using a randomized survey experiment in urban Ghana, this paper demonstrates that the length of the reference period … markedly by job type. Survey participants report significantly more self-employment spells when the reference period is shorter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241289
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Recall length and measurement error in agricultural surveys
Wollburg, Philip; Tiberti, Marco; Zezza, Alberto - 2020
This paper assesses the relationship between the length of recall and nonrandom error in agricultural survey data … survey data quality remains an important concern. Mainstreaming objective measures where possible and reducing the risk of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228617
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Sex, lies, and surveys : the role of interviewer characteristics
Koroknay-Palicz, Tricia; Montalvao, Joao - 2019
behavior during a baseline survey for an adolescent girls program in Liberia. The study finds that girls are more likely to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012004961
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Impact of phone reminders on survey response rates : evidence from a web-based survey in an international organization
Smets, Lodewijk - 2018
This research note investigates the impact of phone reminders on response rates in the context of a web-based survey in … an international organization, the World Bank. After randomly assigning treatment to 248 survey participants, the study … World Bank surveyors to turn to sample surveys more often, reducing survey overload in the institution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011809340
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Tackling the global profitarchy : gender and the choice of business sector
Goldstein, Markus P.; Gonzalez Martinez, Paula; … - 2019
Sectoral segregation is often used to explain a large part of a well-documented gender earnings gap in business profits. Women tend to sort into different sectors than men, and the sectors dominated by women tend to be less profitable. This paper investigates the horizontal dimension of sectoral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051815
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Full esteem ahead? : mindset-oriented business training in Ethiopia
Alibhai, Salman; Buehren, Niklas; Frese, Michael; … - 2019
Is there a mindset gap holding women back in business? Can entrepreneurship training instill a set of attitudes, behaviors, and strategies that are thought to underpin success in business such as motivation, perseverance, and self-confidence? This study conducted two randomized controlled trials...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051923