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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Schindler, Kati | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2009-01-28T16:08:03Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2009-01-28T16:08:03Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2006 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19856 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | This paper analyzes the use of informal credit as a coping strategy against risk by market women in the city of Tamale, Ghana. Using qualitative research techniques, the analysis reveals that intra-household structure and allocation decisions determine these market-based coping strategies. Market women invest a considerable amount of working hours in maintaining complex credit networks as a safeguard against extreme risks. As a policy implication, this research suggests to provide market women with access to formal, reliable and long-term microfinance institutions, both to improve their ability to cope with risks and to reduce the risks they face. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin 2006 / Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics 24 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | O17 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | D13 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | O12 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | micro-credit | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | informal markets | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | networks | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | coping strategies | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | intra-household allocation | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | women | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Ghana | | en_US |
| dc.title | | Credit for what? Informal credit as a coping strategy of market women in northern Ghana | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 517922460 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | - |
| dc.identifier.repec | | RePEc:zbw:gdec06:4761 | | - |
| Appears in Collections: | | Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, 2006 (Berlin)
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