Handbook of Microfinance, Financial Inclusion and Development

Edited by Valentina Hartarska () and Robert Cull

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This timely Handbook collates a range of evidence from top scholars in the field to help readers understand who microfinance reaches, how it helps, and why clients come back. It offers updated views on important concepts that enable a broader framework for understanding poverty and the corresponding financial needs of poor households.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
ISBN: 9781789903867
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Overview of microfinance, financial inclusion, and development , pp 2-19

Robert Cull and Valentina Hartarska

Ch 2 Rethinking poverty, household finance, and microfinance , pp 21-40

Jonathan Morduch

Ch 3 Assessment of microfinance institutions and their impact: evidence from a scientometric study , pp 41-65

Bego-a Gutiérrez-Nieto and Carlos Serrano-Cinca

Ch 4 Financial inclusion and gender , pp 66-82

Isabelle Guérin

Ch 5 Toward a theory of fair interest rates on microcredit: balancing the needs of clients and institutions , pp 83-98

Marek Hudon and Joakim Sandberg

Ch 6 Resilience in emergencies, savings, and credit , pp 99-118

Saniya Ansar, Jake Hess and Leora Klapper

Ch 7 When is financial education successful? Taking stock of the new wave of field evidence , pp 119-133

Bilal Zia

Ch 8 Group lending in theory and practice , pp 135-149

Christian Ahlin and Godwin Debrah

Ch 9 Alternative delivery channels and impacts: agent banking , pp 150-163

Sinja Buri, Robert Cull and Xavier Gine

Ch 10 Digital financial inclusion and development , pp 164-180

Greta Bull and Leora Klapper

Ch 11 Building inclusive value chains for smallholders: the role of finance , pp 181-193

Alan de Brauw and Johan Swinnen

Ch 12 Index insurance for developing countries: a primer , pp 194-210

Mario J. Miranda and Denis Nadolnyak

Ch 13 Measuring the evolution of client vulnerability: innovation at the BBVA Microfinance Foundation , pp 212-247

Claudio Gonzalez-Vega, Laura Mo and Giovanni di Placido

Ch 14 An investor’s perspective on measuring and managing social performance and impact , pp 248-270

Gregor Dorfleitner, Dina Pons and Noémie Renier

Ch 15 Financial inclusion in high-income countries: gender gap or poverty trap? , pp 272-296

Anastasia Cozarenco and Ariane Szafarz

Ch 16 Financial literacy and the use of financial services by US households , pp 297-315

James Barth, Valentina Hartarska, Jitka Hilliard and Nguyen Nguyen

Ch 17 Financial inclusion, microfinance, and financial education in Latin America , pp 316-338

Alejandro Javier Micco Aguayo and Patricio Andrés Valenzuela Aros

Ch 18 Gender and financial inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean , pp 339-356

Victor Motta

Ch 19 Inclusive finance and agricultural development in Africa , pp 357-382

Calum Turvey and Apurba Shee

Ch 20 Evaluating digital financial inclusion: a Kenyan perspective on morality and finance , pp 383-401

Susan Johnson and Silvia Storchi

Ch 21 Inclusive finance and inclusive rural transformation in China , pp 402-424

Calum Turvey

Ch 22 Does microfinance cause banking sector development and economic growth? An application to Mongolia , pp 425-448

Batkhuyag Myagmar, Robert Lensink and Wim Heijman

Ch 23 Financial inclusion and poverty: evidence from Armenia , pp 449-466

Aleksandr Grigoryan, Knar Khachatryan, Knarik Ayvazyan and Pundarik Mukhopadhaya

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