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Rural banking in a hostile environment : survival measures

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OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND RURAL SOCIOLOGY. AGRICULTURAL FINANCE PROGRAM

Rural banking in a hostile environment : survival measures

This paper explores the requirements and determinants for the institutional viability of rural financial intermediaries in developing countries.

Gonzalez-Vega, Claudio; Vega, Claudio Gonzalez · 1991

Abstract

It identifies the constraints on viability resulting from a hostile environment, characterized by inflation, terms of trade and other relative price changes, and increased risks. It recommends survival measures for rural financial institutions engaged in a process of restructuring while facing this hostile environment. (Author abstract)

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Classification

Document type: Studies & Literature Reviews
DEC type: Other USAID Supported Study/Document
Subject: Financial institutions
DEC terms: Agricultural creditFinancial institutionsLoan administrationRural areas
Sponsoring organization: USAID. Bur. for Science and Technology. Ofc. of Rural and Institutional Development
Authoring organization: Ohio State University. Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. Agricultural Finance Program
Language: English

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