Credit Program Participation and Child Schooling in Rural Malawi

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 567-580

  Shimamura, Yasuharu ^a   Lastarria Cornhiel, Susana ^b  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

child labor; education; Malawi; micro credit; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; CREDIT PROVISION; EDUCATION; MICROFINANCE; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY;

MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 77049095359     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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