TY - BOOK AU - Boonperm,Jirawan AU - Boonperm,Jirawan AU - Haughton,Jonathan AU - Khandker,Shahidur R. TI - Does the Village Fund Matter in Thailand? PY - 2009/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - The World Bank KW - Agricultural cooperatives KW - Bankruptcy and Resolution of Financial Distress KW - Banks and Banking Reform KW - Communities & Human Settlements KW - Credit associations KW - Debt Markets KW - Durable KW - Durable goods KW - Economic Theory and Research KW - Emerging Markets KW - Exchange rate KW - Expenditure KW - Finance and Financial Sector Development KW - Financial institutions KW - Household incomes KW - Housing and Human Habitats KW - Instrument KW - Interest rates KW - International bank KW - Investment and Investment Climate KW - Labor Policies KW - Loan KW - Loan amounts KW - Macroeconomics and Economic Growth KW - Microcredit KW - Microfinance KW - Poverty Monitoring and Analysis KW - Poverty Reduction KW - Private Sector Development KW - Repayment KW - Repayment of principal KW - Revolving fund KW - Rotating credit KW - Rural Development KW - Rural Poverty Reduction KW - Social Protections and Labor KW - Working capital N2 - Abstract: This paper evaluates the impact of the Thailand Village and Urban Revolving Fund on household expenditure, income, and assets. The revolving fund was launched in 2001 when the Government of Thailand promised to provide a million baht (about UR - http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-5011 ER -