Love, InessaBruhn, Miriam2012-08-132012-08-132009-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10229The ninth in series of impact notes examines the impact of a large-scale banking expansion in Mexico, showing that simply increasing access to finance can have important economic effects.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO FINANCEACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICESALTERNATIVE COLLATERALAVERAGE INCOMEBANK CREDITBANK LOANSBANK POLICYBANKING SECTORBORROWERBRANCH NETWORKBUSINESS OWNERSCOLLATERALCOLLATERAL REQUIREMENTSCOMMERCIAL BANKCOMMERCIAL BANK CREDITCOMMERCIAL BANKINGCONSUMER GOODSCOUNTRY LEVELCREDIT BUREAUSCREDIT INFORMATIONDOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTSECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC EFFECTSECONOMIC GROWTHEMPLOYMENTENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITYFINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTHOUSEHOLDSHUSBANDSINCOMEINCOME GROUPSINCOME LEVELSINFORMAL ECONOMYINSTALLMENTINTEREST RATESLABOR MARKETLOANLOAN AGENTSLOAN OFFICERSLOW INCOMEMICROFINANCEMICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONSOPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOSITIVE CORRELATIONPOSITIVE EFFECTPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONREPAYMENTREPAYMENT HISTORIESWorld Bank10.1596/10229