The informal financial sector in Nigeria: Characteristics and relationship with the formal sector

Development Policy Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-22

  Soyibo, Adedoyin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

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EID: 0002122996     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7679.00023     Document Type: Article

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