Artikel

Microfinance and rural non-farm employment in developing countries

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.

Sprache
Englisch

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

Klassifikation
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
Thema
microfinance
non-farm employment
developing countries

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Chowdhury, Shyamal
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2017

DOI
doi:10.15185/izawol.350
Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Beteiligte

  • Chowdhury, Shyamal
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2017

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