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Provedor de dados: | Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
País: | United States

Título:

Perfil das cooperativas de crédito mútuo do estado de Minas Gerais

Profile of credit unions in the state of Minas Gerais

Autores: | Bressan,   Valéria Gama Fully; Braga,   Marcelo Jose.
Data: | 2009-11-21
Ano: | 2006
Palavras-chave: | Credit unions; Microfinance; Minas Gerais; Financial Economics.
Resumo: | Given the relevance of the credit unions at national and world level, the objective of this work was to describe the profile of the financial cooperatives from the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. This study is based on data collected in the period of May to June of 2004, and the sample of 18.85% of the population was selected to supply data. The results indicate that the cooperatives were, on average, 16 years old; 92% of the associates that requested loans were assisted; the delinquent loans level were of 22.34%; and older cooperatives established smaller interest rates than the new ones. The managers had appropriate perception of the true meaning of a cooperative and they agreed with the cooperative principle of voluntary and open membership. In general, credit unions serve their members supplying services with smaller costs than the bank system, thus, they provide financial service to low-income people accomplishing their role in the microfinance system.
Tipo: | Journal Article
Idioma: | Português
Identificador: | http://purl.umn.edu/55180
Relação: | Revista de Economia e Agronegócio/Brazilian Review of Economics and Agribusiness&gt;Volume 4, Number 4, 2006
Formato: | 20