Credit constraints and household welfare in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2243-2252

  Baiyegunhi, L J S ^a   Fraser, G C G ^b   Darroch, M A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Credit constraints; Household welfare; Switching regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049484917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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