This paper is about micro-enterprises in Brazil, by Priscila de Oliviera: Micro firms in low and middle income countries often have low profitability and do not grow over time. Several business training programs have tried to improve management and business practices, with limited effects. We run a field experiment with micro-entrepreneurs in Brazil (N=742) to […]

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