Rural Finance Policies 8 - Informal markets: what lessons can we learn from them?

In most developing countries, it is the private, informal markets that the rural poor have traditionally turned to service their financial needs. Why have these institutions succeeded in providing services to the poor when formal institutions have not? Do these informal institutions provide any less...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Sharma, Manohar, Zeller, Manfred
Format:	Brief
Language:	Inglés
Published:	International Food Policy Research Institute 2000
Subjects:	microfinance evaluation microenterprises non-governmental organizations government purchases poverty alleviation
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156431