Low access to formal credit persists in most of developing economies also in Indonesia. Most of households especially in rural areas do not familiar with formal credit. Therefore, formal credit institution needs a mediation or substitution. Recent studies argue that social capital could to a...

This article discusses the spatial dynamic of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia during the crisis (1998-2000), focusing on the SMEs without legal entity, except agriculture activities. The spatial distribution of SMEs seems increasing which measured by Herfindahl index applied on...

In generally rural industries self financed their activities. by their holder’s own capital. In the situation where other financial sources were limited, the own capital is very important for rural industries. The question is what are the sources of this capital? We are talking about household...

The objective of this study is to investigate empirically the influence of social capital on the rural credit in the case of a Javanese village. Estimation results indicate difference impact of social capital on each type of credit. Meeting attendance was found positively influence the amount of...