Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/249530 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
KBA Centre for Research on Financial Markets and Policy Working Paper Series No. 29
Publisher: 
Kenya Bankers Association (KBA), Nairobi
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the nexus between bank-based financial inclusion and asset quality of 43 Banks in Kenya using data from 2001 and 2015. Based on a Dynamic Panel (System) GMM employed to investigate the empirical interactions between growth in outstanding bank credit, deposit growth and asset quality, we find that lagged credit growth has a positive significant effect on the NPL Ratio, causing a decrease in asset quality. There is a negative significant contemporaneous relationship between deposit growth and the NPL Ratio; indicating higher stability with higher deposit levels. Increase in the NPL Ratio is also seen to have a negative contemporaneous effect on credit growth, an indication of immediate supply side reactions from banks when a decrease in asset quality is observed. The findings in this paper have important policy implications for both banks and regulators, more so, highlighting the need for policies aimed, not only at management of prudential risks, but at reducing informational asymmetries between banks and borrowers, and promoting alternative platforms providing access to financial services in Kenya.
Subjects: 
Banks
Asset Quality
Credit Growth
Panel GMM
JEL: 
C23
E44
G10
G20
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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