Access to credit by the poor in South Africa: Evidence from Household Survey Data 1995 and 2000
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Keywords
credit; poverty; South Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N27 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Africa; Oceania
- D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
- G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2006-09-30 (Africa)
- NEP-DCM-2006-09-30 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-DEV-2006-09-30 (Development)
- NEP-FDG-2006-09-30 (Financial Development and Growth)
- NEP-FMK-2006-09-30 (Financial Markets)
- NEP-MFD-2006-09-30 (Microfinance)
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