The impact of microfinance institutions in local financial markets: a case study from Kenya

Susan Johnson
Additional contact information
Susan Johnson: Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath, UK, Postal: Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath, UK

Journal of International Development, 2004, vol. 16, issue 3, 501-517

Abstract: This paper looks beyond the direct impact of microcredit provision on users to examine whether microfinance institutions (MFIs) have had wider impacts within the local financial markets in which they are operating. It considers the potential for both competition and demonstration effects on other financial providers. In the context of local financial markets in and around the small town of Karatina in Central Kenya, supply side information is used to investigate the key changes in provision between 1999 and 2003. The paper concludes that changing macroeconomic conditions have been the main driver increasing competition for middle and lower income clients and that few competition or demonstration effects resulting from the MFIs are in evidence. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2004
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (8)

Downloads: (external link)
http://hdl.handle.net/10.1002/jid.1088 Link to full text; subscription required (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:16:y:2004:i:3:p:501-517

DOI: 10.1002/jid.1088

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of International Development is currently edited by Paul Mosley and Hazel Johnson

More articles in Journal of International Development from John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Wiley Content Delivery ().