The impact of farm credit in Pakistan

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-213

  Khandker, Shahidur R ^a   Faruqee, Rashid R ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural credit; Cost effectiveness of credit delivery system; Impact of credit on income and productivity; Rural financial institutions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; CREDIT PROVISION; INCOME; RURAL FINANCE;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0038744238     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(03)00017-3     Document Type: Article

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