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Bridging the Livelihood Insecurity Gap: The Role of Informal Credit in Tanzania.

African Journal of Finance and Management

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Title Bridging the Livelihood Insecurity Gap: The Role of Informal Credit in Tanzania.
 
Creator Kaaro, Suma CM
 
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Description Informal credit arrangements have been perceived as being exploitative because they charge high interest rates thus subjecting the poor to perpetual situation of indebtedness. Notwithstanding such perceptions, empirical evidence from selected low income settlements of urban Tanzania shows that informal credit arrangements provide insurance against livelihood insecurity to the urban poor. This article makes a case about how informal credit arrangements are able to provide the urban poor with livelihood security.
African Journal of Finance and Management Vol.7(2) 1999: 85-97
 
Publisher Institute of Finance Management, 1999
 
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Date 1999-02-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article

 
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Identifier http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajfm/article/view/24351
10.4314/ajfm.v7i2.24351
 
Source African Journal of Finance and Management; Vol 7, No 2 (1999); 85-97
0856-6372
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajfm/article/view/24351/20317
 
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