Agent banking in a highly under-developed financial sector : evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo (English)

The paper provides evidence on the number and volume of financial transactions undertaken by agents (local businesses that double as more convenient, lower cost alternatives to formal branches) of the largest microfinance institution operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo. More important than agents’ personal characteristics, transactions are higher in low-income, densely populated areas with high levels of commercial development. This finding...

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Cull,Robert J.;

Gine,Xavier;

Harten,Sven;

Rusu,Anca Bogdana;
Document Date
2017/02/27
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7984
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Congo, Democratic Republic of,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2017/02/27
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Agent banking in a highly under-developed financial sector : evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo
Keywords
Finance & Private Sector Development

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Cull,Robert J.; Gine,Xavier; Harten,Sven; Rusu,Anca Bogdana.

Agent banking in a highly under-developed financial sector : evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7984 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/722441488208513171

Agent banking in a highly under-developed financial sector : evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo (English)

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