Rural Women's Access to Credit: Market Imperfections and Intrahousehold Dynamics

By Diana K. Fletschner. 2009

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Gender Studies, Safety Research

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The Handbook of Microfinance (2011, background): “…concerned, for instance, although gender differences are still poorly documented, the unity of analysh:i systematically being that of the household (Fletschner, 2009), globally it is highly probable that women face greater difficulties in accessing formal banking (Armendariz and Morduch, 2005;…”
Gender equality and food security : women's empowerment as a tool against hunger (2013, background): “The needs of women and men are also different: a survey of 210 households in rural Paraguay found that while 23% of the women surveyed declared they were credit constrained, in two-thirds of these cases the husbands asserted they had adequate access to credit (Fletschner 2009).”
Focus on Women in Microfinance Institutions (2013, background): “There is evidence that women often receive smaller loans, pay higher interest rates and face higher collateral requirements (Agier and Szafarz, 2010; Bellucci et al., 2010; Fletschner, 2009; Morrison et al., 2007; Treichel and Scott, 2006).”
Rural Women’s Access to Financial Services: Credit, Savings, and Insurance (2014, background): “…these arguments, quantitative studies in Paraguay, Malawi and Bangladesh find that rural women are more likely to be credit constrained than men, and the factors affecting whether or not they are able to meet their needs for capital are different (Fletschner, 2009 and Diagne et al., 2000).”
What Constrains Financial Inclusion for Women? Evidence from Indian Micro data (2017, background): “A broad thread running those these studies is the existence of a significant gender gap, which has been explained by lower financial literacy among women (Lusardi & Tufano, 2009), behavioral differences (Beck & Brown, 2011; Browne, 2006) or even institutional discrimination (Fletschner, 2009).”
Empowering Women Through Financial Inclusion: A Study of Urban Slum (2019, unknown): “…2016; Karlan, McConnell, Mullainathan, & Zinman, 2016), institutional biases (Agier & Szafarz, 2013; Brana, 2012; Corsi & De Angelis, 2017; Fletschner, 2009; Table 2: Accounts Under PMJDY (All figures in ` million) Bank Type Beneficiaries at Rural/ Semi-Urban centre Bank…”