Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/106627 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
IOS Working Papers No. 344
Publisher: 
Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS), Regensburg
Abstract: 
The paper describes the microfinance environment in Uzbekistan, with an emphasis on two types of non-bank microfinance institutions - Credit Unions and Microcredit Organizations. The specific nature of these institutions provides new evidence of the commercially oriented microcredit model and SME lending, which is an emerging trend in mainstream microfinance. The paper offers two important contributions. On the supply side of microcredits, we analyse the determinants of initial placement of these MFIs in districts of Uzbekistan. We find that MFIs follow general economic principles when choosing the location for establishment. On the demand side, we analyse the actual margins of excess demand for microcredits by considering only the pool of eligible applicants. We find that the total probability of microcredit approval is on average only 0.5, which implies that the actual margins of untapped market could be just half of that projected when the narrow definition of eligible applicants is taken into account.
Subjects: 
microcredit
microfinance institutions
credit unions
JEL: 
O16
C34
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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