114 Ktut Silvanita Mangani et al. ISSN 2071-789X RECENT ISSUES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Mangani, K.S., Syaukat, Y., Arifin, B., & Tambunan, M. (2019). The role of branchless banking in performance of households’ micro and small enterprises: The evidence from Indonesia. Economics and Sociology, 12(3), 114-131. doi:10.14254/2071-789X.2019/12-3/8 THE ROLE OF BRANCHLESS BANKING IN PERFORMANCE OF HOUSEHOLDS’ MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES: THE EVIDENCE FROM INDONESIA Ktut Silvanita Mangani, ABSTRACT In Indonesia, branchless banking (BB) for low- Universitas Kristen Indonesia, income communities is a new financial channel to create Jakarta, Indonesia a financial system accessible to all levels of society. This E-mail:
[email protected] research aims to investigate how to develop BB programs to improve the performance of households’ micro and Yusman Syaukat, small enterprises (MSEs) in rural areas. The data was Bogor Agricultural University, collected from 97 MSEs who conducted financial Bogor, Indonesia transactions at BB agents. For a case study, as many as 32 E-mail:
[email protected] agents out of 360 BB agents in Bogor District, West Java, Indonesia were chosen purposively from 13 sub-districts. Bustanul Arifin, Then, 97 MSEs were chosen with the experience of Universitas Lampung, Lampung, conducting transactions through BB agents. The study Indonesia analyzes the household economic behavior using the E-mail:
[email protected] model of a simultaneous structural equation, that has not been discussed in prior literature on Branchless Banking Mangara Tambunan, studies. The study has found that an increase in the value Bogor Agricultural University, of financial transactions and investment variables have a Bogor, Indonesia positive impact with larger magnitudes on the production E-mail: and other endogenous variables than an increase of those
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