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100 _aRoy, Chowdhury, Indrani
245 _aUnderstanding the Grameen miracle: information and organisational innovation
260 _c2010
300 _ap.66-73.
362 _a6 Feb
520 _aA rigorous analysis of the institutional structures underlying Grameen I yields some interesting economic insights. the essential idea is that an appropriate institutional design can help in tapping into the informational pool available at the local level among the borrowers themselves and something that may not be accessible to outsiders. We argue that such simple and unconventional contracts can harness market efficiency, even though formal and conventional contracts may fail to do so. This paper tries to demonstrate how exactly innovative features like joint liability lending, sequential lending, contingent renewal, et. can serve the purpose. - Reproduced.
650 _aPoverty
650 _aCredit
650 _aRural development
773 _aEconomic and Political Weekly
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