Does nonagricultural labor relax farmers' credit constraints? Evidence from longitudinal data for Vietnam

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-188

  Stampini, Marco ^a   Davis, Benjamin ^b  

^a AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Tunisia)

^b IUCN Eastern Africa Regional Office   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Credit constraints; Linkages; Rural labor markets; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL LABOR; CREDIT PROVISION; DECISION MAKING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RURAL FINANCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 60849104839     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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