Why institutional credit agencies are reluctant to lend to the rural poor: A theoretical analysis of the indian rural credit market

World Development

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 267-280

  Basu, Santonu ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Credit risk; Default risk; Interlinkage model; Rural credit; Share cropping

Indexed keywords

CREDIT MARKET; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; LENDING BEHAVIOUR; LENDING CONSTRAINT; RURAL CREDIT; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS;

INDIA;

EID: 0030861150     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(96)00103-9     Document Type: Article

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