Measuring microfinance access
Subtitle: building on existing cross-country data
By: Patrick Honohan.
Contributors: World Bank.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 3606; Policy research working papers (Online) ;; 3606.
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2005
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Microfinance.; Financial services industry.; Poor -- Finance, Personal.
Description: "Given the acknowledged need for a new effort to expand the set of available data on direct access to financial services, including a focus on access by those at low income, Honohan provides a selective review of the diverse sources of data that exist and considers how best to build on them.  He proposes a basic framework within which to consider the analysis of the interesting questions: (1) How does access affect poverty and productivity? and (2) What hinders access? The author discusses existing and potential contribution of household and business user surveys, surveys of providers and their regulators, and surveys of experts, and assesses their relative strengths. "--World Bank web site.
Notes: Also available in print.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.