Creditworthiness of a Borrower and the Selection Process in Micro-finance: A Case Study from the Urban Slums of India
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Keywords
Micro-finance; Creditworthiness; Financial Sustainability; Urban Slums;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
- G20 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - General
- G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
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