Liu, YanyanDeininger, Klaus2014-12-302014-12-302013-06World Bank Economic Review1564-698Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/21008Despite the popularity and the unique nature of women's self-help groups in India, evidence on the economic impact of these groups is scant. On the basis of two rounds of surveys of 2,517 households, we use a strategy of double differences and propensity score matching to assess the economic effects of a program that promoted and strengthened self-help groups in Andhra Pradesh in India. Our analysis finds that longer exposure to the program has a positive impact on consumption, nutritional intake, and asset accumulation. Our investigation into the heterogeneity of these effects suggests that even the poorest households are able to benefit from the program.en-USCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGOcapacity buildingcontrol groupscounterfactualdescriptive statisticsDPIPhousehold surveysincomeinterventionland ownershiplivelihoodsprogram effectsprogram impactsprogram interventionsselection biasSHGtargetingtransparencytreatment groupsJournal ArticleWorld Bank10.1596/21008