Introduction -- The costs and benefits of protecting creditor rights: theory and evidence / Atilano Jorge Padilla and Alejandro Requejo -- Information sharing in credit markets: theory and evidence / Tullio Jappelli and Marco Pagano -- The political economy of debt moratoria, bailouts and...

This book examines the impact of political conflict on microfinance engagement to put forth a theory of sparse network traps. It leverages a natural experiment to distinguish between the effects of conflict on determinants of microfinance efficiancy and impact, and includes qualitative evidence...