Contingent Loan Repayment in the Philippines.

Using data from the Philippines, this article seeks to understand how households in the study area apparently manage to avoid falling into a debt trap in spite of frequent borrowing. Findings suggest that this is achieved via three institutional features. First, most informal debt carries no interes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fafchamps, M, Gubert, F
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007