This paper investigates the effects of rural households' demographic characteristics on formal credit constraint, and explores the relationship between informal and formal lending in rural China. Using 2013 China's Household ...

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries are still constrained to seize the opportunity of trade liberalization as compared to their large counterparts. It has been argued that effective efforts ...

Banks are more liquid, better capitalised, and more profitable in oil-dependent countries. However, bank credit to the private sector is relatively low as a percentage of GDP. The low level has been blamed, amongst other ...

Thailand has been developing its economy based on national and social-development plans over the last six decades. These plans focus on economic growth by supporting the manufacturing industry in order to export products ...

The manufacturing sector plays an increasingly pivotal role in the development of Vietnam. In the context of economic integration, Vietnam manufacturing enterprises receive abundant investment and market-expansion opportunities ...