Agricultural credit plays an important role in enhancing the agricultural productivity in developing countries like Pakistan. The study discusses various indicators of agricultural credit in Pakistan and presents results of estimated production function using institutional credit as one of the...

Using household data collected in 1990 from a representative sub-sample of the 1985 Rural Credit Survey of Pakistan by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), this paper looks at whether credit use does, in fact, affect rural welfare. The paper examines the key characteristics...