Microfinance for financial inclusion

ID: 
EPGMSR033
Full title: 
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 low- and middle-income countries? A systematic review of the evidence
Author(s): 
Stewart et al.
Publication date: 
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Maps: 
Productive Safety Nets Gap Map: all populations
Review design: 
Effectiveness
Confidence Level: 
Medium
Number of Impact Evaluations : 
6
Regions: 
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
Europe and Central Asia
Population: 
Other poor
Other income poor
Interventions: 
Multicomponent interventions
Outcomes: 
Assets / land
Employment
Income / consumption / savings
Link: 
http://www.3ieimpact.org/en/evidence/systematic-reviews/details/251/