Household Allocation of Microfinance Loans in Kyrgyzstan

• Main Authors: Angioloni, Simone, Kudabaev, Zarylbek, Ames, Glenn, Wetzstein, Michael
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Edition: 1008
• Subjects: Consumer/Household Economics; Financial Economics

Within Kyrgyzstan, microfinance provides the largest source of credit for lowincome households. The allocation of these loans between current consumption and investment has a direct bearing on the impact these loans have on rural development. For investigating this allocation, a multivariate Probit...