... and informal finance Enterprise finance Financial policies Comparative studies in Africa and Asia 04 343-367 Nissanke 2/4/01 10:45 am Page 343 Cambridge Journal of Economics 2001, 25, 343–367 Financing enterprise development in sub-Saharan Africa...

...This introductory chapter discusses existing literature on informal finance and describes the upcoming chapters. Informal finance has played an increasing role in China's transition from a planned economy to a market economy. Informal finance was reborn during the reform and opening-up period...

... of smallholder farmers. Examples of successes and lessons learnt are put up to highlight specific instances of successes and to delineate the future course for the informal financial market. financial services Africa Asia Bangladesh China El Salvador India informal finance Kenya Malaysia Mexico Nepal...

... and use of microcredit services is influenced by informal finance and debt-related norms, and that the vulnerability of households is a major factor accounting for the diversity in the rates of participation in microcredit schemes across regions in Morocco. References Bouman, F. J. A. ( 1994...

...Informal finance consists of non-bank financing activities, whether conducted through family and friends, local money houses, or other types of financial associations. Informal finance has provided much-needed financing to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in particular, in the face of a tightly...

... are indicated between blankets. Clusters Description Freq Per cent Clus1 Micro-entrepreneurs who obtained a formal credit and yet resorted to informal finance; namely the supplier’s credit (82%), the Cauri d’or (59%), the Pari (47%) and the loans between relatives and friends (18%). 34...

... is not useful because it overlooks the complex dynamics within the context of informality and the potential for informal finance to promote the survival and growth of SMEs. 180 Second, although the majority of entrepreneurs use a combination of formal and informal financial instruments, there are differences...