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OverviewInvisible to official statistics and operating outside the reach of governmental regulation, informal finance markets often prove more efficient and more fair than their formal counterparts. The authors of these studies emphasize the diversity and richness of informal credit markets. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dale W Adams , Robert E. HunterPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.910kg ISBN: 9780367004712ISBN 10: 0367004712 Pages: 406 Publication Date: 18 September 2018 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface -- Introduction -- Taking a Fresh Look at Informal Finance -- The Rope and the Box: Group Savings in The Gambia -- Informal Financial Groups in Cameroon -- Rural Finance in Somalia -- Informal Rural Finance in Niger: Lessons for Building Formal Institutions -- Informal Finance in Sri Lanka -- Informal Rural Finance in Thailand -- Informal Finance in Papua New Guinea: An Overview -- Informal Finance in the Philippines’ Footwear Industry -- Collateral Substitutes in Rural Informal Financial Markets in the Philippines -- The Kou in Japan: A Precursor of Modern Finance -- Pawnbroking and Small Loans: Cases from India and Sri Lanka -- Strengths of Informal Financial Institutions: Examples from India -- Informal Finance in Indonesia -- Evolving Forms of Informal Finance in an Indonesian Town -- Linking Formal and Informal Finance: An Indonesian Example -- The Financial Evolution of Small Businesses in Indonesia1 -- Small-Scale Enterprise Dynamics and the Evolving Role of Informal Finance -- Formal Credit for Informal Borrowers: Lessons from Informal Lenders -- Regulatory Avoidance in Informal Financial Markets -- Contract Lending to Small Farmers in the Dominican Republic -- Rotating Savings and Credit Associations in Bolivia1 -- ROSCAs: State-of-the-Art Financial Intermediation -- What Have We Learned About Informal Finance in Three Decades? -- Where to From Here in Informal Finance?ReviewsAuthor InformationDale W. Adams (Professor of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Ohio State University, USA) Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |