The co-option of low-income borrowers by informal credit suppliers: A credit delivery model for squatter housing

Third World Planning Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 287-305

  Igel, Barbara ^a   Srinivas, Hari ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREDIT DELIVERY; CREDIT PROVISION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HOUSING IMPROVEMENT; INFORMAL CREDIT MARKET; INFORMAL FINANCE; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; MARKET FUNCTION; MODELLING APPROACH; SETTLEMENT UPGRADING; SQUATTER SETTLEMENT;

INDIA, KARNATAKA, BANGALORE;

EID: 0030428897     PISSN: 01427849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/twpr.18.3.xt268j2544802715     Document Type: Article

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