Protocol - Do micro-credit, micro-savings and micro-leasing serve as effective financial inclusion interventions enabling poor people, and especially women, to engage in meaningful economic opportunities in LMICs?

Abstract

This is the protocol for a Systematic Review which will examine whether micro-credit, micro-savings and micro-leasing serve as effective financial inclusion interventions enabling poor people, and especially women, to engage in meaningful economic opportunities in LMICs. It details the scope of the review, defines the key concepts and presents the detailed review questions it will address.

Citation

EPPI-Centre, University of London, UK. 40 pp.

Protocol - Do micro-credit, micro-savings and micro-leasing serve as effective financial inclusion interventions enabling poor people, and especially women, to engage in meaningful economic opportunities in LMICs?

Published 1 January 2011