Chapter 56 Rural Financial Markets in Developing Countries

Jonathan Conning; Christopher Udry

doi:10.1016/S1574-0072(06)03056-8

Chapter 56 Rural Financial Markets in Developing Countries

Jonathan Conning^*, Christopher Udry

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This review examines portions of the vast literature on rural financial markets and household behavior in the face of risk and uncertainty and limited commitment. In addition to examining household strategies and bilateral contracting we place particular emphasis on studying the important role of financial intermediaries, competition and regulation in shaping the changing structure and organization of rural markets. Our goal is to provide a framework within which the evolution of financial intermediation in rural economies can be understood.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Agricultural Development
Subtitle of host publication	Farmers, Farm Production and Farm Markets
Editors	R. Evenson, P. Pingali
Pages	2857-2908
Number of pages	52
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1574-0072(06)03056-8
State	Published - 2007

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Name	Handbook of Agricultural Economics
Volume	3
ISSN (Print)	1574-0072

Keywords

agricultural credit
financial intermediation
rural finance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Animal Science and Zoology
Agronomy and Crop Science
Economics and Econometrics

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