The role of farmers and informal institutions in microcredit programs in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Perspectives on Global Development and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 520-544

  Segers, Kaatje ^a   Dessein, Joost ^b   Develtere, Patrick ^c   Hagberg, Sten ^d   Haylemariam, Girmay ^e   Haile, Mitiku ^f   Deckers, Jozef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^c University of Leuven   (Belgium)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Degua Temben District Bureau of Capacity Building   (Ethiopia)

^f MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Development anthropology; Ethiopia; Institutional change; Microfinance; Rural development

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; INFORMAL SECTOR; LENDING BEHAVIOR; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL FINANCE; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ETHIOPIA; TIGRAY;

EID: 77953270282     PISSN: 15691500     EISSN: 15691497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156914910X499804     Document Type: Article

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