000			01197pab a2200181 454500
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100			_aEboh, Eric C.
245			_aInformal financial groups in rural Nigeria _borganisation, management and the implications for formal finance interventions.
260			_c1995
300			_ap.137-49
362			_aApr-Jun
520			_a"This paper examines the improved characteristics of informal financial groups operating in rural Nigeria with respect to the structural basis, operational characteristics and management attributes of savings and credit groups. Informal financial groups are formed or structured on the basis of gender, saving style and/or peers. Their operations are characterised by voluntary membership, organisational autonomy and group consensus. The management is collective, with selected or elected leaders acting merely on behalf of the group member following group rules and patterns, and enforcing discipline wherever and whenever necessary"
650			_aRural development - Nigeria
650			_aAgriculture - Finance - Nigeria
650			_aRural credit - Nigeria
773			_aJournal of Rural Development
909			_a28679
999			_c28679 _d28679