Financial exclusion in Latin America - Or the social costs of not banking the urban poor

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-66

  Solo, Tova Maria ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Brazil; Colombia; Deposits; Electronic transactions; Financial institutions; Informality; Loans; Mexico; Micro credits; Micro savings; Unbanked

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; FINANCIAL SERVICES; INFORMAL SECTOR; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MICROFINANCE; URBAN POPULATION;

BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 41049106533     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247808089148     Document Type: Article

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