Enterprising Psychometrics and Poverty Reduction

Enterprising Psychometrics and Poverty Reduction. Asim Ijaz Khwaja, May 17, 2013, Paper. "There is a huge lost opportunity in emerging markets. Between 310 and 380 million of small business owners want loans, and could earn very high rates of return on that additional capital if they could get it. Banks have this capital available, and want to lend it out, particularly to small businesses since competition in that segment is low, unmet demand is high, and the interest rates that can be paid are very attractive. But the connection between the banks and entrepreneurs just isn't happening, because it is extremely difficult for banks to evaluate risk and know who to lend to... "