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dc.contributor.authorSchindler, Katien
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T16:08:03Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T16:08:03Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/19856-
dc.description.abstractThis 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
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aVerein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer |cHannoveren
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aProceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin 2006 |x24en
dc.subject.jelO17en
dc.subject.jelD13en
dc.subject.jelO12en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordmicro-crediten
dc.subject.keywordinformal marketsen
dc.subject.keywordnetworksen
dc.subject.keywordcoping strategiesen
dc.subject.keywordintra-household allocationen
dc.subject.keywordwomenen
dc.subject.keywordGhanaen
dc.titleCredit for what? Informal credit as a coping strategy of market women in northern Ghana-
dc.typeConference Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn517922460en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:gdec06:4761en

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