Carpena, Fenella; Cole, Shawn; Shapiro, Jeremy; Zia, Bilal - In: World Bank Economic Review 27 (2013) 3, pp. 437-469
Microfinance, the provision of small individual and business loans, has experienced dramatic growth, reaching over 150 million borrowers worldwide. Much of the success of microfinance has been attributed to attempts to overcome the challenges of information asymmetries in uncollateralized...