finance, and microcredit/ microfinance. It goes on to discuss various empirical and institutional studies of these dimensions … of financial inclusion in the context of developing countries. The paper then outlines several recent studies for India …

Although one of the primary objectives of microfinance has been the reduction of poverty through the provision of … microfinance, there may be an indirect positive impact through the effect of microcredit availability on families’ decisions to … availability on education expenditures for children of clients of a South Indian microfinance institution. I first look at some …