This paper uses a randomized controlled trial to study the effects of access to agent banking. Individuals were encouraged to open an account and transact at a banking agent or a branch of a financial institution. Compared with individuals who were sent to the branch, individuals sent to an agent increased the number of transactions and incurred lower transaction costs with the agent. These transactions are, however, only half as large as those made...
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2018/04/19
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS8417
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1
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2018/04/19
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Disclosed
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Banking with agents : experimental evidence from Senegal
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average for sub-saharan africa