Trust is important in encouraging poor households to hold their savings in bank accounts

Microfinance has potentially transformative impacts for some entrepreneurs, especially those who otherwise would be stuck in a poverty trap

A study in India suggests that private traders have a potentially valuable role to play as intermediaries for agricultural development interventions

Previous estimates of returns to microfinance for women are low partly because they often use it to invest in businesses that are not their own

A series of experiments in India provide insights into ways microfinance can be refined to strengthen its impact for the world’s poorest women

Demonetisation in India in December 2016, whilst not reflected in official GDP, led to temporary reductions in employment, output, and credit

Mobile banking to increase personal savings reduces the use of transactional sex for shock-coping among vulnerable women in Kenya

Linking farmers to global markets could spur growth and reduce poverty, but if markets do not work well these gains cannot be realised

Positive spillovers of a microcredit expansion programme on the commercial banking system can foster local development