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Savings, Credit and Insurance: Household Demand for Formal Financial Services in Rural Ghana

Jan 01, 2009 | M. Bendig, L. Giesbert, S. Steiner | German Institute of Global and Area Studies

This paper estimates the determinants of household demand for savings, loans and insurances by applying a multivariate probit model on household survey data from rural Ghana.

Theme: Financial Inclusion, Insurance | Country: Ghana | Pages: 32
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