greater degree than most known in situ antipoverty interventions. "--World Bank web site …

channels through which credit affects growth on the micro-level is scant. Using data from a cross section of Bulgarian firms …, the authors estimate the impact of access to credit (as proxied by indicators of whether firms have access to a credit or …' past growth to instrument for access to credit. The authors find credit to be positively and strongly associated with total …

"The authors study the effect of financial crises on trade credit in a sample of 890 firms in six emerging economies …. They find that although provision of trade credit increases right after the crisis, it consequently collapses in the … short-term debt and low cash stocks and cash flows) are more likely to reduce trade credit provided to their customers. This …

access to credit"--World Bank web site …"The aim of this paper is to understand the mechanism underlying access to credit. Gine focuses on two important … aspects of rural credit markets in Thailand. First, moneylenders and other informal lenders coexist with formal lending …