Invisible to official statistics and operating outside the reach of governmental regulation, informal finance markets often prove more efficient and more fair t
Informal finance consists of nonbank financing activities, whether conducted through family and friends, local money houses, or other types of financial associa
In most Asian countries, there exists a dynamic informal financial sector working side by side with formal finance, which has not until now been researched care
Informal finance consists of nonbank financing activities, whether conducted through family and friends, local money houses, or other types of financial associa
Abstract: China is often mentioned as a counterexample to the findings in the finance and growth literature since, despite the weaknesses in its banking system,