We employ a discrete choice experiment to elicit demand and supply side preferences for
insurance‐linked credit, a promising market‐based tool for managing agricultural weather …

Poverty alleviation through microcredit in Sub-Saharan Africa revisited: New evidence from a
Cameroonian village bank, the Mutuelle Communautaire de Croissance | Emerald Insight Books …

Front-line loan officers of microfinance institutions (MFIs) are important in acquiring
information on potential borrowers and selecting them in accordance with the MFI's mission …

Purpose In this study, the authors examined demand-side credit in rural China with the aims
of understanding attribute preferences and the willingness of farmers to pay for credit …

In transitioning and transformational economies such as China, what occurs in the rural,
largely agricultural, region is of great economic significance. Central themes on the …

Purpose This study analyzes farmers' preferences for agricultural credit and its market
structure in rural Benin using the conjoint analysis approach. Design/methodology/approach …

The banking sector is an important industry that needs to be safeguarded because its failure
is bound to have a negative knock-on effect on the economy at large. The 2007-2009 …

Since its inception, observers have speculated about the potential of microfinance to lift
individuals and households out of poverty (Morduch, 1999). The “joint liability” contracts …