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Small Scale Enterprise Credit Schemes: Administrative Costs and the Role of Inventory Norms

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Carl Liedholm () (Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University)

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In this paper, the actual administrative costs of existing small enterprise lending schemes are examined first, followed by an examination of the characteristics of low cost lending schemes. A final section develops, using primary data collected in various Michigan State University studies, small enterprise inventory norms or guidelines that could assist those making loans to small scale enterprises in developing countries.

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University in its series International Development Working Papers with number 25.

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Date of creation: 1985
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Keywords: food security; food policy; credit schemes;

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  1. Stilwell, Thomas C. & Smith, P. Jordan, 1984. "An Annotated Directory of Citation Database, Educational, System Diagnostics and Other Miscellaneous Microcomputer Software of Potential Use to Agricultural Scientists in Developing Countries," Food Security III Papers 11293, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  2. Thomas C. Stilwell, 1984. "Microcomputer Statistical Packages for Agricultural Research," International Development Working Papers 17, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  3. Goodman, Daniel C., Jr. & Stilwell, Thomas C. & Smith, P. Jordan, 1985. "A Microcomputer Based Planning and Budgeting System for Agricultural Research Programs," Food Security III Papers 11376, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  4. Stilwell, Thomas, 1983. "Periodicals for Microcomputers: An Annotated Bibliography," Food Security III Papers 11282, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  5. John Strauss, 1983. "Socio-Economic Determinants of Food Consumption and Production in Rural Sierra Leone: Application of an Agricultural Household Model with Several Commodities," International Development Papers 5, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  6. Thomas Stilwell, 1983. "Periodicals for Microcomputers: An Annotated Bibliography," International Development Working Papers 6, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  7. Barrett, Vincent & Lassiter, Gregory & Wilcock, David & Baker, Doyle & Crawford, Eric, 1982. "Animal Traction in Eastern Upper Volta: A Technical, Economic and Institutional Analysis," Food Security III Papers 11408, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  8. Liedholm, Carl, 1985. "Small Scale Enterprise Credit Schemes: Administrative Costs and the Role of Inventory Norms," Food Security III Papers 11310, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  9. Fleisher, Beverly & Robison, Lindon J., 1985. "Applications of Decision Theory and the Measurement of Attitudes Towards Risk in Farm Management Research in Industrialized and Third World Settings," Food Security III Papers 11412, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  10. Alan Hrapsky & Michael Weber & Harold Riley, 1985. "A Diagnostic Perspective Assessment of the Production and Marketing System for Mangoes in the Eastern Caribbean," International Development Working Papers 23, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  11. Rinaldi, Amalia, 1985. "Irrigation in Southern Africa: An Annotated Bibliography," Food Security III Papers 11294, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  12. Daniel C. Goodman, Jr. & Thomas C. Stilwell & P. Jordan Smith, 1985. "A Microcomputer Based Planning and Budgeting System for Agricultural Research Programs," International Development Working Papers 20, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  13. Davies, Stephen & Seale, James & Mead, Donald C. & Badr, Mahmoud & el Sheikh, Nadia & Saidi, Abdel Rahman, 1984. "Small Enterprises in Egypt: A Study of Two Governorates," Food Security III Papers 11392, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  14. Amalia Rinaldi, 1985. "Irrigation in Southern Africa: An Annotated Bibliography," International Development Working Papers 19, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  15. Stilwell, Thomas C., 1984. "Microcomputer Statistical Packages for Agricultural Research," Food Security III Papers 11305, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  16. Donald C. Mead, 1985. "Subcontracting Systems and Assistance Programs: Opportunities for Intervention," International Development Working Papers 24, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  17. Crawford, Eric W., 1982. "A Simulation Study of Constraints on Traditional Farming Systems in Northern Nigeria," Food Security III Papers 11335, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  18. Timberg, Thomas A & Aiyar, C V, 1984. "Informal Credit Markets in India," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 33(1), pages 43-59, October.
  19. Mead, Donald C., 1985. "Subcontracting Systems and Assistance Programs: Opportunities for Intervention," Food Security III Papers 11413, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  20. Eric W. Crawford, 1982. "A Simulation Study of Constraints on Traditional Farming Systems in Northern Nigeria," International Development Papers 2, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  21. Saito, Katrine Anderson & Villanueva, Delano P, 1981. "Transaction Costs of Credit to the Small-Scale Sector in the Philippines," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 29(3), pages 631-40, April.
  22. Thomas C. Stilwell & P. Jordan Smith, 1984. "An Annotated Directory of Citation Database, Educational, System Diagnostics and Other Miscellaneous Microcomputer Software of Potential Use to Agricultural Scientists in Developing Countries," International Development Working Papers 18, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  23. Haggblade, Steve & Liedholm, Carl & Mead, Donald C., 1986. "The Effect of Policy and Policy Reforms on Non-Agricultural Enterprises and Employment in Developing Countries: A Review of Past Experiences," Food Security III Papers 11377, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  24. James J. Boomgard & Stephen P. Davies & Steve Haggblade & Donald Mead, 1986. "Subsector Analysis: Its Nature, Conduct and Potential Distribution to Small Enterprise Development," International Development Working Papers 26, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  25. Vincent Barrett & Gregory Lassiter & David Wilcock & Doyle Baker & Eric Crawford, 1982. "Animal Traction in Eastern Upper Volta: A Technical, Economic and Institutional Analysis," International Development Papers 4, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  26. Boomgard, James J. & Davies, Stephen P. & Haggblade, Steve & Mead, Donald, 1986. "Subsector Analysis: Its Nature, Conduct and Potential Contribution to Small Enterprise Development," Food Security III Papers 11321, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Traub, Lulama Ndibongo & Jayne, T.S., 2004. "The Effects of Market Reform on Maize Marketing Margins in South Africa," Food Security III Papers 11445, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Boomgard, James J. & Davies, Stephen P. & Haggblade, Steve & Mead, Donald, 1986. "Subsector Analysis: Its Nature, Conduct and Potential Contribution to Small Enterprise Development," Food Security III Papers 11321, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  3. Liedholm, Carl, 1985. "Small Scale Enterprise Credit Schemes: Administrative Costs and the Role of Inventory Norms," Food Security III Papers 11310, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  4. Timmer, C. Peter, 1986. "Private Decisions and Public Policy: The Price Dilemma in Food Systems in Developing Countries," Food Security III Papers 11419, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  5. Donald C. Mead, 1985. "Subcontracting Systems and Assistance Programs: Opportunities for Intervention," International Development Working Papers 24, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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