INTRODUCTION Background This bibliography was an outgrowth of activities sponsored by AID's Technical Assistance Bureau dealing with the credit problems of small and medium farmers in less-developed countries. In both 1971 and 1972 the Bureau through a contract with the Agricultural Development Council in New York, sponsored several workshops to provide an opportunity for U.S. and foreign technical assistance specialists, and representatives of the academic community, to analyze the problems in this field. As a result of the interest generated in AID Missions by these and related meetings, the AID Technical Assistance Bureau negotiated an additional component to an already existing contract with the Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department of Ohio State University to provide certain research and consultative services to the Agency for International Development and to governments of less-developed countries in the area of agricultural credit. It was as a part of the services under this contract that the present bibliography was developed. The individuals responsible for the preparation of this bibliography are: Dr. Dale W Adams, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Ohio State University. Ahmed Humeida, Germa Begashaw, and Ohene Nyanin, research associates, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Ohio State University. Cooperating in this activity for AID was the AID Reference Center. AID Spring Review of Small Farmer Credit Another outcome of the interest of AID Missions in the credit problems of operators of small-sized farms was the selection of this subject for the 1973 AID Spring Review. For this review of problems and policies for AID administrators and technicians and their counterpart officials in cooperating foreign governments, special country and analytical papers were prepared. A list of these 1973 Spring Review reports is given in Agricultural Credit and Rural Savings: II, as are directions for obtaining copies. ii Additional Information If AID missions overseas, or if AID staff members in Washington or in the field, have questions or problems about some aspect of agricultural credit or rural savings, they may address their inquiries to one of the agencies below, whichever seems to be the more appropriate: Individuals who want to refer to a broad general review of the field of agricultural credit are referred to the widely-used college text: Nelson, Aaron G., Warren F. Lee and William G. Murray, Agricultural Finance. 6th ed. 1973, 413 p. Iowa State University iii ACTS AID ARC OSU ABBREVIATIONS The reference collection of the Ohio State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. For additional details, see the section, "Retention Copies." Agency for International Development, persent United States overseas technical assistance agency. The AID Reference Center located in Room 1656, Main State Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. iv Loans HOW TO OBTAIN DOCUMENTS AID/WASHINGTON PERSONNEL. AID personnel in Washington may borrow documents having ARC catalog numbers in person from the AID Reference Center (ARC), or in writing by means of a 2-Way Memo (OF 27), addressed to the ARC*, stating the catalog number and title of each document requested. Loans will generally not exceed five days. Requests from the headquarters offices of AID contractors or participating agency personnel should be submitted through the appropriate AID project officer or supporting office. For documents having ACTS numbers see section on "Retention Copies" below. USAID PERSONNEL. AID personnel at Missions may borrow documents by addressing to the ARC a 2-Way Memo (OF 27) *stating the ARC reference numbers and titles of the documents requested. Requests from participating agency and AID contractor personnel associated with a Mission should be made through the appropriate AID project officer. Loans to Mission personnel will be for 30 working days, including transmission time. OTHERS. It is the general policy of ARC not to lend documents to non-AID personnel, but they may be used in the Reference Center. Retention Copies Staff members of AID and other organizations working in the technical assistance field should make requests for retention copies directly to the originating mission or agency. If some materials having ACTS numbers as a part of their listing available from the issuing organization, individuals may, as a last resort, order single copies from the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at Ohio State University (see address in the section above, titled Additional Information.) ACTS is the abbreviation for Agricultural Credit Technical Studies, the reference collection of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. There will be a charge to cover reproduction and handling costs. *AID Reference Center, Room 1656, New State Building, Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C. 20523. |