poor might be resolved by access to credit alone -- the ability to acquire assets, to start businesses, to finance … rises from conventional banks and finance companies. Analyzing the failures of credit programs aimed at small farmers and …

Using firm level data from eight Sub-Saharan Africa countries we examine credit constraint differentials between male … and female manufacturing entrepreneurs. Enterprises owned by female entrepreneurs are less likely to be credit constrained … compared to their male counterparts. The magnitude of this credit constraint gap varies with constraint and ownership …

This study examines the short and long run relationship between Domestic Credit to Private Sector (DCPS) and its … selected determinants namely, Domestic Credit to Public Sector, Gross Domestic Savings, Gross Domestic Product, Industrial … oriented policies for Financial Sector to extend credit for Economic Development. …

and production bases, exposure to shocks, and heavy reliance on aid. Higher fixed government costs, low access to credit …

banking system is associated with more credit to the public sector, larger fiscal deficits, higher public debt ratios, and the … crowding out of credit to the private sector. These results suggest that the lending practices of state-owned banks should be …