Journal of
Economics and International Finance

  • Abbreviation: J. Econ. Int. Finance
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9812
  • DOI: 10.5897/JEIF
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 366

Full Length Research Paper

Socio-economic factors determining rural households’ access to credit and amount of loan utilization for proposed action: The case of Omo Micro Finance

Biruk Jagiso Fonke
  • Biruk Jagiso Fonke
  • Department of Natural Resource Economics and Policy, Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources, Hawassa University, P. O. Box: 128, Shashamane, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 12 December 2018
  •  Accepted: 03 April 2019
  •  Published: 31 January 2021

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