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dc.contributor.authorMenkhoff, Lukasen
dc.contributor.authorRungruxsirivorn, Ornsirien
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-24T13:05:45Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-24T13:05:45Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/40243-
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the contribution of recently introduced village funds in rural Thailand, one of the largest microfinance programs ever implemented. We use a cross-sectional approach examining village funds in relation to competing financial institutions. We find, first, that village funds reach the target groups of lower income households better than existing institutions from the formal sector. Second, village funds provide loans to those kinds of borrowers which tend to be customers of informal financial institutions. Third, village funds help to reduce credit constraints. Overall, village funds seem to provide services in the intended direction.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aVerein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer |cGöttingenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aProceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Frankfurt a.M. 2009 |x45en
dc.subject.jelO16en
dc.subject.jelO17en
dc.subject.jelG21en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordinformal financial institutionsen
dc.subject.keywordmicrofinanceen
dc.subject.keywordcredit constrainten
dc.titleVillage Funds in the Rural Credit Market of Thailand-
dc.typeConference Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn654189331en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:gdec09:45en

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