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commercialization among farmers in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach In order to address endogeneity and sample selectivity bias, the …,230 maize farmers across the ten regions of Ghana. Findings The results from the ESRs show that financial inclusion … sold 5.04 percent more output if they were to have access to financial services. Results from the HTE model confirm that …
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of financial inclusion on the enhancement of paddy farmers’ technical efficiency (TE). The impact was evaluated rigorously from different dimensions which could be useful in the policy discussion for enhancing efficiency in...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine women farmers' access to credit from rural banks (RBs) in the Upper … East region of Ghana. The paper examines the nature of credit supply by the RBs to their customers and the proportion that … influencing women farmers' access to credit from financial institutions in general and rural banks (RBs) in particular. The paper …
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evidence for this relationship has been conflicting. That for agriculture is rare. For Ghana, a developing agrarian economy …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) into agriculture … on domestic investment in agriculture. Design/methodology/approach -Time series data from 1976 to 2007 was fitted to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895029
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine women farmers' access to credit from rural banks (RBs) in the Upper … East region of Ghana. The paper examines the nature of credit supply by the RBs to their customers and the proportion that … influencing women farmers' access to credit from financial institutions in general and rural banks (RBs) in particular. The paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014667082
evidence for this relationship has been conflicting. That for agriculture is rare. For Ghana, a developing agrarian economy …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) into agriculture … on domestic investment in agriculture. Design/methodology/approach – Time series data from 1976 to 2007 was fitted to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014667610
Purpose – In line with the ongoing global and domestic reforms in agriculture and allied sectors, the Indian Government … by using Johansen's cointegration analysis and Granger causality tests. Unit root test procedures such as Augmented … software package. Findings – Results show that cointegration exists significantly in futures and spot prices for all the …
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Purpose – In line with the ongoing global and domestic reforms in agriculture and allied sectors, the Indian Government … by using Johansen's cointegration analysis and Granger causality tests. Unit root test procedures such as Augmented … software package. Findings – Results show that cointegration exists significantly in futures and spot prices for all the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014667120
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how shocks suffered by rural households in Ethiopia influence their decision to borrow and the source of credit. Design/methodology/approach – First, suppose a household faces a set of four borrowing alternatives: only formal borrowing, only...
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This paper presents an overview of microfinance and microfinance research. The objective is to show that microfinance … brought about renewed focus on identifying appropriate policies to promote a viable microfinance industry. The paper concludes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005007762