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Bank-NGO Linkages and Transaction Costs of Lending to the Poor through Groups

Paul B. McGuire and John D. Conroy, 1996 (18 pages)
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Evidence from India and the Philippines
A synthesis of work done by FDC in India and the Philippines, on measuring the transaction costs of lending to the poor using NGOs and self-help groups as intermediaries for commercial banks. Published in Small Enterprise Development in 1997.