Can agricultural credit scoring for microfinance institutions be implemented and improved by weather data?

Ulf Römer and Oliver Musshoff

No 260766, Department of Agricultural and Rural Development (DARE) Discussion Papers from Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development (DARE)

Abstract: In recent years, the application of credit scoring in urban microfinance institutions became popular, while rural microfinance institutions, which mainly lend to agricultural clients, are hesitating to adopt credit scoring. The present study aims to explore whether microfinance credit scoring models are suitable for agricultural clients, and if such models can be improved for agricultural clients by accounting for precipitation.

Keywords: Agricultural Finance; Farm Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.260766

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