Bruhn, MiriamReddy, RekhaRuiz Ortega, Claudia2018-06-282018-06-282018-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/29936This paper links the literatures on technical assistance and access to finance by examining a Mexican program that provided capacity-building grants to nonbank financial institutions (NBFIs) serving micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Using ten years of data from 81 credit unions and a staggered difference-in-differences approach, the analysis shows that the program improved NBFIs’ efficiency, enabling them to obtain more funding from private sources and leading to a 79 percent increase in lending. The findings suggest that technical assistance initiatives can strengthen NBFIs’ ability to expand credit access for underserved MSMEs.CC BY 3.0 IGOCREDIT UNIONRURAL FINANCETECHNICAL ASSISTANCEACCESS TO FINANCESMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISESPROPENSITY SCORE MATCHINGLENDING INTEREST RATERISK MANAGEMENTNON-PERFORMING LOANSWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-8483