| Titre | L'endettement du paysan et le crédit rural aux Philippines | |
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| Auteur | Michel Lelart | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 69, 1978 | |
| Page | 51-79 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Peasant Indebtedness and Rural Credit in the Philippines.
In all the developing countries where most of the population is rural, the peasants are much indebted and their indebtedness is growing. It is often difficult to know and explain this situation. The author has studied in this review the peasant indebtedness in Thailand. Now he applies his observations to the Philippines, an other important country in Southeast Asia. The peasant situation is not better there. Because their needs exceed their resources, the rural families are obliged to borrow continuously, most often in order to survive. Thus, their indebtedness is more and more extensive. It is calculated by the number of the families in debt and the average debt of each one. The peasants do not have the possibility to borrow enough, though there are many financial institutions and the Government has undertaken many reforms. The institutional credit is growing more quickly than in Thailand, but usury is still probably the main impediment that prevents a true improvement of the peasant life. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1978_num_69_1_2363 |
