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Duvendack, Maren 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8125-9115, Palmer Jones, Richard and Vaessen, Jos
(2014)
Meta-analysis of the impact of microcredit on women’s control over household decisions: Methodological issues and substantive findings.
Journal of Development Effectiveness, 6 (2).
pp. 73-96.
ISSN 1943-9342
Abstract
Systematic reviews and meta-analysis have risen in popularity in international development to provide evidence on ‘what works’. This paper reports the findings of a meta-analysis to assess the impact of microcredit on women’s control over household spending to illustrate the challenges of conducting meta-analysis in the case of a diverse evidence base. We provide an assessment of methodological quality and present the findings of a meta-analysis. The results suggest that the effect sizes are small. Furthermore, the confidence that we can place in these findings is limited by the high level of heterogeneity within and between studies and the general reliance on non-experimental studies and statistical analyses which are not reported in sufficient detail to enable confident judgement as to their robustness.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | meta-analysis,microcredit,women's empowerment,sdg 5 - gender equality,sdg 8 - decent work and economic growth ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Impact Evaluation |
| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2015 22:46 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jul 2023 09:16 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/53691 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19439342.2014.903289 |
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