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Transaction Costs of Lending to the Rural Poor (India)

V. Puhazhendhi, 1995 (112 pages)
Price: $15
ISBN: 0 646 25939 3

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Estimates the transaction costs of commercial banks lending to the poor through NGOs and self-help groups, and compares these to the costs of lending directly to the poor, based on data from South India.