Facilitating the provision of farm credit: The role of interlocking transactions between traders and zamindars in crop marketing systems in Sindh

World Development

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 403-418

  Smith, Laurence E D ^a   Stockbridge, Michael ^a   Lohano, Hari Ram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Credit; Interlocking transactions; Marketing; NIE; Sindh; South Asia

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; MARKETING; RURAL FINANCE; TRADE RELATIONS;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0033026686     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00140-5     Document Type: Article

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