Socioeconomic impacts of microcredit: the case of Nossocrédito in Espírito Santo, Brazil

This paper aims to check the impacts of a state microcredit program — Nossocrédito of Espírito Santo, Brazil — on socioeconomic indicators. In order to do it it is estimated three distinct models to evaluate: i) if Nossocrédito has been directed t...

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Autor: Caçador, Sávio Bertochi
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Brasil
Recursos:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Repositorio:Revista de Administração Pública
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/36706
Acesso em linha:https://periodicos.fgv.br/rap/article/view/36706
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:microcredit
regional development
Espírito Santo.
microcredito
desarrollo regional
microcrédito
desenvolvimento regional
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Resumo:This paper aims to check the impacts of a state microcredit program — Nossocrédito of Espírito Santo, Brazil — on socioeconomic indicators. In order to do it it is estimated three distinct models to evaluate: i) if Nossocrédito has been directed to the cities of lesser degree of development and/or located inside the state; ii) if the program has contributed to improve the municipal development; iii) if Nossocrédito has contributed to reduce poverty. The estimates were conducted with the Ordinary Least Squares method and uses municipal data from 2006 up to 2010. The main results are: i) Nossocrédito is directed to the municipalities of the countryside, but not for those of lesser degree of development; ii) the program contributes to the improvement of the municipal development indicator used; iii) Nossocrédito does not contribute to poverty reduction.