Informal lending networks in rural Ethiopia

Social Networks

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 34-42

  Caudell, Mark ^a   Rotolo, Thomas ^a   Grima, Mulye ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Ethiopia; Informal insurance networks; Sidama; Sub saharan africa; Subsistence agriculturalists

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906070924     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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