Alternate Names for Informal Credit
Informal Credit is known by different names in different countries. The particular name given to it actually reflects the attitudes and policy outlooks of that country, ranging from supportive to neutral to hostile. They also indicate the wide range of supplier types that can be found in the ICM.(PS: Hopefully, I will later add actual definitions to the names above).
- Informal Credit Market - ADB, PIDS
- Informal Financial Sector - Chandravarkar/SEACEM
- Unorganized Money Market - SEACEM, Gopal Karkal
- Non-Institutional Credit - Reserve Bank of India
- Informal Financial Markets - USAID, World Bank, BIDS
- Black Money - Reserve Bank of India
- Indigenous Banking Sector - Bouman, Bhargawa, Jain
- Traditional Financial Sector -
- Parallel Money Markets - Das-gupta
- Unorganized Financial Sector - Park, World Bank
- Unregulated Banking System - Nayar, IFMAR
- Underground Money Markets - Far Eastern Economic Review
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