A little at a time: The use of regularly scheduled repayments in microfinance programs

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 253-279

  Jain, Sanjay ^a   Mansuri, Ghazala ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Informal lenders; Installment repayments; Microcredit; Microfinance institutions; Moral hazard

Indexed keywords

GRAMEEN BANK; INFORMAL SECTOR; LENDING BEHAVIOR; MICROFINANCE;

EID: 0042627753     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(03)00076-2     Document Type: Article

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