How trustable are West African mutual savings and loan institutions?: an application of the PASMEC databank

Francesco L. Galassi and Dominique Gross ()

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Based on data for six countries within the West Africa Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) in 1997. Develops a method for the development of a "trust index" to assess the amount of risk a prospective member is facing when joining a mutual savings and loan institution. Describes the characteristics of mutual savings and loan institutions in the region and proposes improvements in the collection of more accurate statistical data.

Keywords: savings and credit club; microfinance; interest rate; data base.; data collecting; groupement d'épargne et de crédit; microfinance; taux d'intérêt; base de données; collecte des données; grupo de ahorro y crédito; microfinanciamiento; tipo de interés; base de datos; recopilación de datos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2003
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Published in Working paper series, Social Finance Programme.

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