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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 Downloads
Robert Cull and Valentina Hartarska
Ch 2 Rethinking poverty, household finance, and microfinance , pp 21-40 Downloads
Jonathan Morduch
Ch 3 Assessment of microfinance institutions and their impact: evidence from a scientometric study , pp 41-65 Downloads
Bego-a Gutiérrez-Nieto and Carlos Serrano-Cinca
Ch 4 Financial inclusion and gender , pp 66-82 Downloads
Isabelle Guérin
Ch 5 Toward a theory of fair interest rates on microcredit: balancing the needs of clients and institutions , pp 83-98 Downloads
Marek Hudon and Joakim Sandberg
Ch 6 Resilience in emergencies, savings, and credit , pp 99-118 Downloads
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 Downloads
Bilal Zia
Ch 8 Group lending in theory and practice , pp 135-149 Downloads
Christian Ahlin and Godwin Debrah
Ch 9 Alternative delivery channels and impacts: agent banking , pp 150-163 Downloads
Sinja Buri, Robert Cull and Xavier Gine
Ch 10 Digital financial inclusion and development , pp 164-180 Downloads
Greta Bull and Leora Klapper
Ch 11 Building inclusive value chains for smallholders: the role of finance , pp 181-193 Downloads
Alan de Brauw and Johan Swinnen
Ch 12 Index insurance for developing countries: a primer , pp 194-210 Downloads
Mario J. Miranda and Denis Nadolnyak
Ch 13 Measuring the evolution of client vulnerability: innovation at the BBVA Microfinance Foundation , pp 212-247 Downloads
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 Downloads
Gregor Dorfleitner, Dina Pons and Noémie Renier
Ch 15 Financial inclusion in high-income countries: gender gap or poverty trap? , pp 272-296 Downloads
Anastasia Cozarenco and Ariane Szafarz
Ch 16 Financial literacy and the use of financial services by US households , pp 297-315 Downloads
James Barth, Valentina Hartarska, Jitka Hilliard and Nguyen Nguyen
Ch 17 Financial inclusion, microfinance, and financial education in Latin America , pp 316-338 Downloads
Alejandro Javier Micco Aguayo and Patricio Andrés Valenzuela Aros
Ch 18 Gender and financial inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean , pp 339-356 Downloads
Victor Motta
Ch 19 Inclusive finance and agricultural development in Africa , pp 357-382 Downloads
Calum Turvey and Apurba Shee
Ch 20 Evaluating digital financial inclusion: a Kenyan perspective on morality and finance , pp 383-401 Downloads
Susan Johnson and Silvia Storchi
Ch 21 Inclusive finance and inclusive rural transformation in China , pp 402-424 Downloads
Calum Turvey
Ch 22 Does microfinance cause banking sector development and economic growth? An application to Mongolia , pp 425-448 Downloads
Batkhuyag Myagmar, Robert Lensink and Wim Heijman
Ch 23 Financial inclusion and poverty: evidence from Armenia , pp 449-466 Downloads
Aleksandr Grigoryan, Knar Khachatryan, Knarik Ayvazyan and Pundarik Mukhopadhaya

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