Rural Financial Markets in Developing Countries

Jonathan Conning and Christopher Udry

Working Papers from Economic Growth Center, Yale University

Abstract: This review examines portions of the vast literature on rural financial markets and household behavior in the face of risk and uncertainty. 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, rather than on household strategies and bilateral contracting. Our goal is to provide a framework within which the evolution of financial intermediation in rural economies can be understood.

Keywords: Rural Finance; Financial Intermediation; Agricultural Credit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O12 O16 O17 Q14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 86 pages
Date: 2005-06
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Chapter: Rural Financial Markets in Developing Countries (2007)
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