Kneiding, Christoph; Rosenberg, Richard - 2012
in Uzbekistan is above 80 percent, and in Sri Lanka it is around 17 percent. Small loan sizes are the most commonly cited … reason why microcredit rates are higher than normal bank rates. Microcredit is a "high-touch" business, and microfinance … considerable inter-country differences in interest rates. In addition to small loan sizes, which undoubtedly are an important …