In the final article in our issue on microfinance, editors Muhammad Meki and Simon Quinn further broaden the scope of microfinance research, summarising examinations of microequity. Read their concluding contributions here: doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/…

Lorenzo Casaburi and Jack Willis study the value chain relationships (VCMF) that provide financial services to small firms, consumers, and workers in developing countries, highlighting the successes and challenges associated with these relationships. doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/…

In the latest OxREP, Sasha Indarte and Martin Kanz review and extend the literature on debt relief for households in developing countries now that they have greater access to formal credit. doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/…

What can we learn from recent innovations in repayment for microcredit contracts? In the latest issue of OxREP, Giorgia Barboni (@WarwickBSchool) discusses the positive effects and risks associated with greater flexibility within microfinance contracts. doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/…

Francis Annan, Chiman Cheung, and Xavier Giné review the literature on digital payments. Read their contribution in which they highlight both macro-level adoption barriers and micro-level usage challenges below: doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/…

Should digital lenders be fully integrated into information sharing systems? Alfred Burlando, Michael A. Kuhn, and SilviaPrina discuss using the case study of digital lending in Mexico.
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Reflecting on a decade of digital credit in Kenya, Rafe Mazer and Seth Garz present five policy considerations to support consumer protection and competition in emerging digital credit markets.
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In the latest OxREP, Ronald A. Cueva, Adam Osman, and Jamin D. Speer question the impacts of microfinance, studying its varied impacts rather than how it works on average to highlight its potential transformational effects for individuals. doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/…

What general equilibrium effects can changes to access to credit have? In the latest OxREP, Tufts University’s Aanchal Bagga and Cynthia Kinnan discuss: doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/…

Does belief in the foundational ‘win-win’ idea handicap financial inclusion and consumer protection policies and the social investment and finance industry as a whole? Jonathan Morduch and Timothy Ogden consider microfinance and the social investment industry. doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/…

Throughout the modern history of microfinance, various crises have emerged, leading to significant reforms and innovations. In the latest OxREP, Sam Mendelson and Daniel Rozas discuss current and future challenges faced by the microfinance sector. doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/…

Joyce Klein and Timothy Ogden answer key questions about the future of global microfinance using insights from the United States. Read their contribution to the latest OxRep, which focuses on the future of policy and subsidy within microfinance here: doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/…

In the latest OxREP Stuart Rutherford draws on the histories of different kinds of microfinance projects to highlight the often overlooked impact of informal savings practices and how the unbanked poor respond to modern microfinance. doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/…

In their introductory article, editors Muhammad Meki and Simon Quinn summarise the issues tackled in this edition of OxREP, discussing the broadening scope of the evolving landscape of microfinance. doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/…

How may solar geoengineering impact global prospects for climate change mitigation? Katharine Ricke (Kate Ricke) and Anthony Harding (@TonyHardingEcon) discuss the effectiveness of solar geoengineering as well as concerns surrounding their implementation. doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/…

How will climate change affect ambient air pollution and what can policy-makers do now?
Avraham Ebenstein, Sangeeta Bansal, Sagnik Dey, Tanya Gupta, Kshitij Abhay Kakade, and Avi Simhon discuss this issue by examining air pollution in India. doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/…

What do effective responses to the problems of climate and biodiversity entail? Harriet Bulkeley, Michele Betsill, Anouk Fransen, and Stacy D VanDeveer discuss the need to see these domains as interlinked and complementary initiatives and interventions. doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/…

What would need to happen to meet both government and Labour net zero electricity targets for 2035 and 2030 respectively? Prof Dieter Helm CBE reviews both current policies and capacity objectives in the UK to analyse this in his contribution to the new OxRep. doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/…

In the most recent  OxRep, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Climate Policy Lab and Soyoung Oh discuss how job creation in low-carbon industries appears to create greater political support for the climate policies that contribute to decarbonization. doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/…