Why the Poor can Gain from Increased Interest Rates in Grameen Bank

Magnus Hatlebakk ()

Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen from Department of Economics, University of Bergen

Abstract: We believe that group-lending institutions have incentives to include members outside the target-group of poor households. This implies a methodological problem that is rarely taken into account in empirical studies. We apply a general household survey, and find some evidence of non-poor households within the Grameen Bank of Nepal.

Keywords: HOUSEHOLD; INTEREST RATE; BANKS; INVESTMENTS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D52 I38 O16 Q14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2000
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