Handbook of microfinance, financial inclusion and development

Author(s)

• Hartarska, Valentina M.
• Cull, Robert J.

Bibliographic Information

Handbook of microfinance, financial inclusion and development

edited by Valentina Hartarska, Robert Cull

（Elgar handbooks in development）

Edward Elgar, c2023

• : cased

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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. Chapters cover recent findings on social impacts, the role of gender, fairness of interest rates, financial resilience in emergencies, and financial education, to provide a thorough coverage of key areas of the field. The Handbook focuses on delivery mechanisms for financial services including group liability lending, agent banking, and digital finance, as well as the special role of value chain finance and insurance for smallholder agriculture. The case studies from both developed and developing countries and regions, illustrating the novel aspects of the link between microfinance, financial inclusion and development will make this a critical read for economics and development studies scholars. The practitioner views on the role of microfinance included in the Handbook will also make this a relevant and useful read for policy makers and practitioners in the area

Table of Contents

Contents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Overview of microfinance, financial inclusion, and development 2 Robert Cull and Valentina Hartarska PART II CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS FOR MICROFINANCE, FINANCIAL INCLUSION, AND DEVELOPMENT 2 Rethinking poverty, household finance, and microfinance 21 Jonathan Morduch 3 Assessment of microfinance institutions and their impact: evidence from a scientometric study 41 Begona Gutierrez-Nieto and Carlos Serrano-Cinca 4 Financial inclusion and gender 66 Isabelle Guerin 5 Toward a theory of fair interest rates on microcredit: balancing the needs of clients and institutions 83 Marek Hudon and Joakim Sandberg 6 Resilience in emergencies, savings, and credit 99 Saniya Ansar, Jake Hess, and Leora Klapper 7 When is financial education successful? Taking stock of the new wave of field evidence 119 Bilal Zia PART III DELIVERING FINANCIAL SERVICES TO CLIENTS 8 Group lending in theory and practice 135 Christian Ahlin and Godwin Debrah 9 Alternative delivery channels and impacts: agent banking 150 Sinja Buri, Robert Cull, and Xavier Gine 10 Digital financial inclusion and development 164 Greta Bull and Leora Klapper 11 Building inclusive value chains for smallholders: the role of finance 181 Alan de Brauw and Johan Swinnen 12 Index insurance for developing countries: a primer 194 Mario J. Miranda and Denis Nadolnyak PART IV VIEW FROM PRACTITIONERS AND FUNDERS 13 Measuring the evolution of client vulnerability: innovation at the BBVA Microfinance Foundation 212 Claudio Gonzalez-Vega, Laura Mo, and Giovanni di Placido 14 An investor's perspective on measuring and managing social performance and impact 248 Gregor Dorfleitner, Dina Pons, and Noemie Renier PART V EVIDENCE FROM REGIONS AND COUNTRIES 15 Financial inclusion in high-income countries: gender gap or poverty trap? 272 Anastasia Cozarenco and Ariane Szafarz 16 Financial literacy and the use of financial services by US households 297 James R. Barth, Valentina Hartarska, Jitka Hilliard, and Nguyen Nguyen 17 Financial inclusion, microfinance, and financial education in Latin America 316 Alejandro Javier Micco Aguayo and Patricio Andres Valenzuela Aros 18 Gender and financial inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean 339 Victor Motta 19 Inclusive finance and agricultural development in Africa 357 Calum G. Turvey and Apurba Shee 20 Evaluating digital financial inclusion: a Kenyan perspective on morality and finance 383 Susan Johnson and Silvia Storchi 21 Inclusive finance and inclusive rural transformation in China 402 Calum G. Turvey 22 Does microfinance cause banking sector development and economic growth? An application to Mongolia 425 Batkhuyag Myagmar, Robert Lensink, and Wim Heijman 23 Financial inclusion and poverty: evidence from Armenia 449 Aleksandr Grigoryan, Knar Khachatryan, Knarik Ayvazyan, and Pundarik Mukhopadhaya Index 467

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Details

• NCID: BD01145241
• ISBN:
  • 9781789903867
• LCCN: 2022950616
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cheltenham
• Pages/Volumes: x, 483 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 332
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Microfinance
  • LCSH : Finance -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Poor
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BC11787190