Working Paper No. 2012/39 Social Capital, Network Effects and Savings in Rural Vietnam
| Title: | Working Paper No. 2012/39 Social Capital, Network Effects and Savings in Rural Vietnam |
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| Authors: | Carol Newman; Finn Tarp; Katleen Van; Den Broeck; Jel Classification D |
| Contributors: | The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Source: | http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2012/en_GB/wp2012-039/_files/87440191299649715/default/wp2012-039.pdf. |
| Publication Year: | 2012 |
| Collection: | CiteSeerX |
| Subject Terms: | Acknowledgements |
| Description: | Information failures are a major barrier to formal financial saving in low income countries. Households in rural communities often lack the information necessary to set up formal deposit accounts or are uncertain about the returns to saving formally. In this paper, we explore the extent to which social networks in rural Vietnam can play a role in increasing formal savings where knowledge gaps exist. Networks are defined as active membership of women’s unions and the quality of networks is measured by the level of formal savings observed among group members. We find that membership of high quality networks leads to higher levels of saving in formal financial institutions …/ |
| Document Type: | text |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.433.9490 |
| Availability: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.433.9490; http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2012/en_GB/wp2012-039/_files/87440191299649715/default/wp2012-039.pdf |
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| Accession Number: | edsbas.37B1D230 |
| Database: | BASE |