Heiko Schrader
Nr. 94 (2005) Artikel Article 59–72 {:en}Thrift and Credit Groups and Community Development: the Hope Project in New Delhi/IndiaRecent approaches to micro-finance hold that poor people are able to save. Access to capital by means of saving or credit opens up opportunities to participate in the street economy and helps bridging problems of everyday-life. Without savings people usually depend upon expensive credit from moneylenders. Various NGOs nowadays take the approach „savings first, then …von by Heiko Schrader, Jyothi K.K.und and Kamini Prakash
Nr. 61 (1996) Artikel Article 48–69 {:en}Formal and Informal Finance in Contemporary IndiaEstimates of the share of contemporary informal finance in India are very rough and inconsistent, but scholars agree on a decline during the past decades. Among the informal intermediaries the number of rural merchant lenders, crop dealers, commission agents, hire purchase financiers, pawnbrokers, and so on has increased, while that of traditional indigenous-style bankers, professional …von by Heiko Schrader
Nr. 40 (1991) Artikel Article 59–64 {:de}Zur sozioökonomischen Funktion von Geldverleihern in expandierenden WirtschaftenIm Unterschied zu anderen Regionen der Dritten Welt erfolgte die Dekolonisation des Südpazifik erst in jüngster Zeit. Diese Region, die lange wenig Beachtung fand, gewinnt gegenwärtig an politischer Bedeutung. Untersucht werden die Gründe für diesen Bedeutungszuwachs, die Charakteristik der gegenwärtigen politischen Situation und zukünftige Trends sowie der Einfluß des Endes des Kalten Krieges auf diese …von by Heiko Schrader