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Credit Union Policies and Performances in Latin America

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Glenn Westley
Sherrill Shaffer

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This paper presents a conceptual framework for explaining credit union (CU) loan delinquency and profitability in developing countries. It also offers an empirical estimation for a unique sample of Latin American CUs.

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Paper provided by Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department in its series RES Working Papers with number 4086.

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  1. Neil Esho, 2000. "Scale Economies in Credit Unions: Accounting for Subsidies Is Important," Journal of Financial Services Research, Springer, vol. 18(1), pages 29-43, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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