Can scoring models help microfinance lenders in poor countries as much as they have helped credit-card lenders in rich … microfinance depend on many factors difficult to include in statistical models, I find that inexpensive data does indeed have some … predictive power. In microfinance, computer models will not replace loan officers, but they can flag the highest risks and act as …

This paper presents a scoring model that predicts the risk of drop-out for borrowers at a microfinance lender in … suggest that scoring may help microfinance lenders to detect segments of their clientele (and even specific current clients …