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 …

. They find that although provision of trade credit increases right after the crisis, it consequently collapses in the … 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 …

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 …

expenditures affect (1) the budget balance, (2) budget prioritization in allocation, (3) the effectiveness and efficiency of fiscal … revenue is published in the same way as the other budget components-tax revenue received, tax expenditures, direct … expenditures, and fiscal balance-will a budget system be truly transparent in terms of revenue-raising activities and expenditure …

Families--is part of a larger effort in the region to understand the reasons for low resource mobilization"--World Bank web …