Microfinance and rural non-farm employment in developing countries

Artikel

The rural non-farm sector plays an important role in diversifying income for rural households in developing countries and has the potential to emerge as a major source of employment. In some cases it has outgrown the agricultural sector, in part due to the expansion of credit through microfinance institutions that are supported by governments, donor agencies, and businesses. However, future expansion of the rural non-farm sector requires increased flexibility in credit contracts, as well as decreasing the cost of credit and the delivery of complementary inputs, e.g. skills training.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2017 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance ; Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements ; Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
• Subject: microfinance ; non-farm employment ; developing countries

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Chowdhury, Shyamal
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2017

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.15185/izawol.350
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/162360
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET