The dissertation examines an informal financial institution in Cameroon: the Rotating Saving and Credit Association. Its describes the operational procedures. RoSCAs are associations formed by a core of individuals who willingly and regularly contribute periodically a fixed or variable amount to...

"This study investigated the impacts of access to inventory credit, input supply shops, fertilizer microdosing demonstrations, and other factors on farmers' use of inorganic fertilizer and other inputs in Niger and on crop yields. We found that access to inventory credit and input supply shops...

In den Stadtgebieten Kameruns operieren sehr unterschiedliche informelle Spar- und Kreditvereinigungen (ROSCAs), wobei offenbar eine Beziehung zwischen dem Rückzahlungsverhalten der Kunden und den jeweiligen speziellen Strukturen der ROSCAs besteht. Einige ROSCA-Arten scheinen ein besseres...