FORMAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AS SAVINGS MOBILIZING CONDUITS IN RURAL LDCs: AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT BASED ON THE BANK SAVINGS BEHAVIOR OF GHANAIAN FARM HOUSEHOLDS / LES INSTITUTIONS FINANCIERES DE NATURE FORMELLE COMME ORGANISMES DE MOBILISATION DE L'EPARGNE DANS LES ZONES RURALES DES PAYS EN VOIE DE DEVELOPPEMENT: UNE EVALUATION QUANTITATIVE BASEE SUR LE COMPORTEMENT DE L'EPARGNE BANCAIRE DES MENAGES AU GHANA

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The importance of savings as a catalyst in the economic development of less developed countries (LDCs) is widely recognized by development economists (e.g., McKinnon 1973; Shaw 1973). While other ingredients might be equally important (e.g., education, economic attitudes, resource management), sustained economic development is general ly believed to be difficult to maintain without savings. Considerable literature attention has therefore focused on how savings could be mobilized in LDCs to aid economic development (e.g., Adams 1978; Gurley and Shaw 1967; Mauri 1977).

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