Credit from whom and for what? The diversity of borrowing sources and uses in rural Southern India

Journal of International Development

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Guérin, Isabelle ^a,b   Roesch, Marc ^c   Venkatasubramanian, Govidan ^b   D'Espallier, Bert ^d,e  

^a Institute of Research for Development   (France)

^b FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e Thomas More University College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Development studies; Economic anthropology; Informal finance; Microfinance

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; MICROFINANCE; RURAL AREA;

INDIA;

EID: 84855557893     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1785     Document Type: Article

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