Credit for What?: Informal Credit as a Coping Strategy of Market Women in Northern Ghana
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- Kati Schindler, 2010. "Credit for What? Informal Credit as a Coping Strategy of Market Women in Northern Ghana," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(2), pages 234-253.
- Schindler, Kati, 2006. "Credit for what? Informal credit as a coping strategy of market women in northern Ghana," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin 2006 24, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
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Keywords
Africa; Ghana; informal credit; risk management; women;JEL classification:
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
- D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2007-08-08 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2007-08-08 (Development)
- NEP-MFD-2007-08-08 (Microfinance)
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