Volume/Issue: 2018/208
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Sumit Agarwal
,
Thomas Kigabo
,
Camelia Minoiu
,
Andrea Presbitero
, and
Andre Silva
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
28
September
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484376362.001
ISBN: 9781484376362
We examine the impact of a large-scale microcredit expansion program on access to finance and the
transition of first-time borrowers from microfinance institutions to the formal banking sector. Using
administrative...
Volume/Issue: 2018/208
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Sumit Agarwal
,
Thomas Kigabo
,
Camelia Minoiu
,
Andrea Presbitero
, and
Andre Silva
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
28
September
2018
ISBN: 9781484376362
We examine the impact of a large-scale microcredit expansion program on access to finance and the
transition of first-time borrowers from microfinance institutions to the formal banking sector. Using
administrative...
Volume/Issue: 2018/201
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Inutu Lukonga
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
September
2018
ISBN: 9781484374900
Financial technology (fintech) is emerging as an innovative way to achieve financial inclusion and the broader objective of inclusive growth. Thus far, fintech in the MENAP and CCA remains below potential with limi...
Volume/Issue: 2018/201
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Inutu Lukonga
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
September
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484374900.001
ISBN: 9781484374900
Financial technology (fintech) is emerging as an innovative way to achieve financial inclusion and the broader objective of inclusive growth. Thus far, fintech in the MENAP and CCA remains below potential with limi...
Volume/Issue: 2018/145
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Rabah Arezki
,
Christian Bogmans
, and
Harris Selod
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2018
ISBN: 9781484362105
This paper is the first to provide both theoretical and empirical evidence of farmland
globalization whereby international investors directly acquire large tracts of agricultural land
in other countries. A theoreti...
Volume/Issue: 2018/145
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Rabah Arezki
,
Christian Bogmans
, and
Harris Selod
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484362105.001
ISBN: 9781484362105
This paper is the first to provide both theoretical and empirical evidence of farmland
globalization whereby international investors directly acquire large tracts of agricultural land
in other countries. A theoreti...
Volume/Issue: 2018/137
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Federico Diez
,
Daniel Leigh
, and
Suchanan Tambunlertchai
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
June
2018
ISBN: 9781484361672
We estimate the evolution of markups of publicly traded firms in 74 economies from 1980-2016. In advanced economies, markups have increased by an average of 39 percent since 1980. The increase is broad-based across...
Volume/Issue: 2018/137
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Federico Diez
,
Daniel Leigh
, and
Suchanan Tambunlertchai
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
June
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484361672.001
ISBN: 9781484361672
We estimate the evolution of markups of publicly traded firms in 74 economies from 1980-2016. In advanced economies, markups have increased by an average of 39 percent since 1980. The increase is broad-based across...
Volume/Issue: 2018/136
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Zsoka Koczan
, and
Franz Loyola
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
June
2018
ISBN: 9781484361634
The poverty-reducing effects of remittances have been well-documented, however, their effects on inequality are less clear. This paper examines the impact of remittances on inequality in Mexico using household-leve...
Volume/Issue: 2018/136
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Zsoka Koczan
, and
Franz Loyola
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
June
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484361634.001
ISBN: 9781484361634
The poverty-reducing effects of remittances have been well-documented, however, their effects on inequality are less clear. This paper examines the impact of remittances on inequality in Mexico using household-leve...
