This paper examines the implications of the institutional designs employed by two types of NGOs for the functions performed by indigenous self-help village groups called kafos in The Gambia. NGOs were found to be only a partial substitute for the financial and insurance functions traditionally...

Research on structural adjustment, liberalization and privatization in sub-Saharan Africa has not focused on the consequences of these policy initiatives on the financial sector. This paper documents and discusses the consequences of these reforms on the financial sector in The Gambia. Marked...

Die Autoren beschreiben und diskutieren das Programm einer Nichtregierungsorganisation (NRO) in Gambia, das zum Ziel hat, die einheimischen informellen Spar- und Kreditvereinigungen mit der formalen Finanzinstitution zu verbinden. Die sorgfältige institutionelle Ausgestaltung durch die NRO...