THE STRUCTURE AND IMPORTANCE OF INFORMAL FINANCIAL GROUPS IN CAMEROON

Gertrud Buchenrieder, neé Schrieder and Carlos E. Cuevas

No 270731, 1990 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Vancouver, Canada from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: Based on a 1988 survey, this paper shows that informal groups in Cameroon are capable of responding to widely different demands for financial services. The striking importance of these informal groups in Cameroon highlights the need to consider the likely effect on these groups of financial policy measures.

Keywords: Financial Economics; Industrial Organization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 1990-08-05
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.270731

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