TY - BOOK ID - 36750808 TI - Empirical analysis of participation patterns in microfinancial markets : the cases of Ghana and Sri Lanka PY - 2012 SN - 363163238X 365301641X 1299431488 PB - Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang, DB - UniCat KW - Microfinance KW - Micro-finance KW - Microcredit KW - Microenterprise lending KW - Microlending KW - Financial services industry KW - Small business KW - Finance KW - Analysis KW - Bendig KW - Cases KW - Empirical KW - Finanzdienstleistungen: Armutsreduzierung KW - Ghana KW - Lanka KW - Lebensversicherung KW - Markets KW - Microfinancial KW - Mikrofinanzierung KW - Participation KW - Patterns KW - Sri Lanka KW - Sub-Saharan Afrika UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:36750808 AB - This book contributes to the empirical literature on households’ participation in microfinancial services in developing countries. First, it estimates simultaneously the participation in microinsurance schemes and other financial services on household survey data from Ghana. Second, it analyzes the household’s cumulative participation in microfinancial services using household survey data from Sri Lanka. Next, the study focuses on the question whether household’s participation in micro life insurance in Sri Lanka is motivated by the desire to leave bequests. At last, it investigates different sequential steps of the household’s microinsurance participation decision and the joint analysis of micro life and health insurance enrolment in Sri Lanka. ER -