The Developing Economies

Volume 48, Number 1 (March 2010)

■ The Developing Economies Volume 48, Number 1 (March 2010)
■ B5
■ March 2010

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CONTENTS
Special Issue: The Role of Microfinance in Rural Finance: Evidence from India and Indonesia
Original Articles

Financial Services to the Poor: An Introduction to the Special Issue on Microfinance / Miki HAMADA

Page 1-14

Microfinance Revolution: Its Effects, Innovations, and Challenges / Hisaki KONO and Kazushi TAKAHASHI

Page 15-73

Why Is the Take-Up of Microinsurance So Low? Evidence from a Health Insurance Scheme in India / Seiro ITO and Hisaki KONO

Page 74-101

Microfinance Penetration and Its Influence on Credit Choice in Indonesia: Evidence from a Household Panel Survey / Kazunari TSUKADA, Takayuki HIGASHIKATA, and Kazushi TAKAHASHI

Page 102-127

The Short-Term Poverty Impact of Small-Scale, Collateral-Free Microcredit in Indonesia: A Matching Estimator Approach / Kazushi TAKAHASHI, Takayuki HIGASIKATA, and Kazunari TSUKADA

Page 128-155

Commercialization of Microfinance in Indonesia: The Shortage of Funds and the Linkage Program / Miki HAMADA

Page 156-176

Books Received for Review

Books Received for Review (Nov. 2008–Nov. 2009)

Page 177-179