Facilitating savings for agriculture: Field experimental evidence from Malawi

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 187-220

  Brune, Lasse ^a   Giné, Xavier ^b   Goldberg, Jessica ^c   Yang, Dean ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BANKING; CASH CROPPING; DEVELOPING WORLD; RURAL ECONOMY; SAVINGS;

MALAWI;

EID: 84952905829     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/684014     Document Type: Review

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