The sacrifices of microborrowers in Ghana – A customer-protection perspective on measuring over-indebtedness
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- Jessica Schicks, 2013. "The Sacrifices of Micro-Borrowers in Ghana -- A Customer-Protection Perspective on Measuring Over-Indebtedness," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(9), pages 1238-1255, September.
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Keywords
Microfinance; Microcredit; Over-Indebtedness; Debt; Customer Protection; Sacrifices;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
- O50 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - General
- G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2012-03-21 (Africa)
- NEP-MFD-2012-03-21 (Microfinance)
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