Evaluation of Impacts of Access to Credit and Loan Size for Microcredit Clients in South Africa

NCT ID: NCT00700349

Last Updated: 2008-06-18

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

3000 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2004-09-30

Study Completion Date

2005-11-30

Brief Summary

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This study involves randomization of individuals who were initially rejected from a micro-lending organization in South Africa. Subjects were placed into two arms: (1) not receiving a loan; (2) being reconsidered for a "second look." Of those in the second arm, 53% were then selected by the organization's loan officers to receive a standard loan for first-time borrowers. Mental health and financial data were collected at one timepoint: approximately 6-12 months after the subjects first applied for the loan.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Mental Health Depression Stress

Keywords

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depression stress microcredit poverty South Africa

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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1

Individuals who were rejected from receiving a loan from a micro-lending organization were randomized to continue receiving no loan.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

2

Individuals who were rejected from receiving a loan from a micro-lending organization were randomized to receive a "second look," to be reconsidered for a loan by loan officers.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Small loan

Intervention Type OTHER

Applicants in the treatment group were offered an interest rate, loan size, and maturity per the lender's standard underwriting criteria, involving a 4-month maturity at 11.75% per month, charged on the original balance (200% annual percentage rate).

Interventions

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Small loan

Applicants in the treatment group were offered an interest rate, loan size, and maturity per the lender's standard underwriting criteria, involving a 4-month maturity at 11.75% per month, charged on the original balance (200% annual percentage rate).

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Subjects were recruited from those who had been rejected from a lending organization for non-fraudulent or non-overindebtness reasons.

Exclusion Criteria

* None.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Broadening Access and Strengthening Input Market Systems/USAID

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

U.S. National Science Foundation

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Princeton University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Social Science Research Council Program in Applied Economics

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Innovations for Poverty Action

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Innovations for Poverty Action

Principal Investigators

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Dean Karlan, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Innovations for Poverty Action

Jonathan Zinman, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Dartmouth University

Lia Fernald, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of California, Berkeley

Locations

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Innovations for Poverty Action

Cape Town, , South Africa

Site Status

Innovations for Poverty Action

Durban, , South Africa

Site Status

Innovations for Poverty Action

Port Elizabeth, , South Africa

Site Status

Countries

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South Africa

Other Identifiers

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IPA-2004-SA

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id