Rural Credit in India in Peril

Bose, Sukanya (2005): Rural Credit in India in Peril.

Abstract

This review article uses the contributions in this important book “Financial Liberalization and Rural Credit in India” to look at the policies surrounding rural credit in India, its links with the macro-context and the situation on the ground in the post-reform period.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Development banking, rural credit, financial liberalization, informalization, micro-credit, credit-deposit ratio, cooperatives.
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q14 - Agricultural Finance; Y - Miscellaneous Categories > Y3 - Book Reviews (unclassified) > Y30 - Book Reviews (unclassified)

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