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- Title
Microfinance Banks and Financial Inclusion.
- Authors
Brown, Martin; Guin, Benjamin; Kirschenmann, Karolin
- Abstract
We examine how the geographical proximity to a microfinance bank affects financial inclusion. We study the expansion of the branch network of ProCredit banks in South-East Europe between 2006 and 2010. We report three main findings: First, ProCredit is more likely to open a new branch in areas with a large share of low-income households. Second, in locations where ProCredit opens a new branch the share of banked households increases more than in locations where it does not open a new branch. Third, this increase is particularly strong among low-income households, older households, and households which rely on transfer income.
- Subjects
MICROFINANCE; BANKING research; PROCREDIT Bank AG; LOW-income consumers; HOUSEHOLDS; FINANCE
- Publication
Review of Finance, 2016, Vol 20, Issue 3, p907
- ISSN
1572-3097
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rof/rfv026