# Archiving and Documenting Health and Human Development Data Sets from "The Impact of Microfinance on Health: Experimental Evidence from India"

> **NIH NIH R03** · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $75,683

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
In June 2017, the Harvard University and Duke University interdisciplinary research team entered the final year
of a five-year R01 project funded by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute for Children's Health
and Development (NICHD). This request is for funding through the NICHD's R03 mechanism to archive the
survey and biometric data collected through this study and make it accessible so that it is available for future
research analysis and for public sector use within India and other developing countries. The study in question,
“The Impact of Microfinance on Health: Experimental Evidence from India” (NIH 5R01HD069546-05), is a
multi-year investigation into the health and economic impacts of the expansion of non-banking financial
services, primarily microfinance, throughout the state of Tamil Nadu, in Southern India. The magnitude of this
unique dataset, collected from an innovative intervention in microfinance, represents a tremendous opportunity
for research, and requires excellent documentation to facilitate the use of these rich data to maximize scientific
findings. The archived data will enable analyses drawing both on the experimental design of the study as well as
maximizing the use of it as an observational study. Thus, findings in Tamil Nadu may help many other states in
India and other countries understand the link between types on lending in much of the developing world,
especially in poor rural areas.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9883819
- **Project number:** 5R03HD094985-03
- **Recipient organization:** YALE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Rohini Pande
- **Activity code:** R03 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $75,683
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-03-01 → 2022-02-28

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9883819

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9883819, Archiving and Documenting Health and Human Development Data Sets from "The Impact of Microfinance on Health: Experimental Evidence from India" (5R03HD094985-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9883819. Licensed CC0.

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