voluntary mechanism. "--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 bank credit crunch. The results are consistent with the "redistribution view" of trade credit provision, in which bank …"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 …

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 …

"Microfinance has been heralded as an effective way to address imperfections in credit markets. But from a theoretical … microfinance institutions have been moving away from group-based contracts. "--World Bank web site …

Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean Region"--World Bank web site …

in 2005 by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank, was designed to support countries in …

accountability, and funded by the World Bank institute, New Delhi. Sound public procurement policies and practices are among the …