Project
Biometric and Financial Innovations in Rural Malawi: A Field Experimental Approach
Details
Project Code:
Not Available
Start Date:
2007/07/01
End Date:
2008/12/01
CRSP Phase:
Phase 3
Budget:
$278,591
Countries:
Malawi
Participants
Lead University:
University of Michigan
Other Partners:
Bunda College of Agriculture Cheetah Paprika Ltd.; World Bank, Malawi Country Office;Cheetah Paprika Limited (CP), Malawi Rural Finance Corporation (MRFC), Malawi Rural Finance Company (Malawi); University of Michigan; World Bank; World Bank, Development Economics Research Group (US)
Principal Investigator(s):
Xavier Gine; Dean Yang
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
None
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Overview
This project aimed to demonstrate how biometric technology, specifically fingerprinting, can help improve the functioning of rural credit markets in Malawi. It tested whether a fingerprint-based credit history database can help lenders expand credit to reliable borrowers, while withholding it from past defaulters.
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Outcomes
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