Examining one of the world’s largest public business support programs, this paper studies how subsidized credit and partial credit guarantees shape access to finance for micro and small businesses in Indonesia. Using administrative data on over 8.4 million borrowers and unique quantitative and qualitative data, we find that subsidized credit can enable firms to access formal credit for the first time and boost financial inclusion. However, we do not find evidence that subsidized credit can alleviate longer-term credit constraints by serving as a stepping-stone to unsubsidized commercial credit. Our results also highlight the challenge of reaching borrowers without collateral, even in programs that explicitly target them using instruments such as partial credit guarantees. The paper sheds light on how public credit schemes for small businesses can be designed to optimize inclusiveness and additionality.
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Salman Alibhai | World Bank | aalibhai@worldbank.org |
Hillary C. Johnson | World Bank | hjohnson1@worldbank.org |
Cecile Thioro Niang | World Bank | cniang@worldbank.org |
Francesco Strobbe | World Bank | fstrobbe@worldbank.org |
2024-06
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