From Pawn Shops to Banks : The Impact of Formal Credit on Informal Households

This paper examines the effects of expanding access to credit on the decisions and welfare of households. It focuses on the entry of Banco Azteca, the first bank in Mexico targeting households from the informal sector. Panel data suggest that infor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ruiz, Claudia
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
MFI
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18343587/pawn-shops-banks-impact-formal-credit-informal-households
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16851