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Detailed Information

Country	Country: Peru
GDP per capita	2.021
Context details	Poor female microentrepreneurs in Lima and Ayacucho, Peru, that volunteered to participate
Age

2. Intervention

Implementation year	2002
Implementer	International, Local
Duration (months)	6
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	general business skills and strategy trainings, nothing specifically tailored to each individual

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	N/A

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Profits	Self-employment earnings	2	2824	Coeff: -0.03; SE: 0.03; YcPost: 0.15
Complete sample	Revenues	Sales (log)	1	2807	Coeff: 0.09; SE: 0.05

Study	Karlan, D. and Valdivia, M., 2011. Teaching entrepreneurship: Impact of business training on microfinance clients and institutions. Review of Economics and statistics, 93(2), pp.510-527.