Grameen bank: Impact, costs, and program sustainability

Asian Development Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-130

  Khandker, Shahidur R ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREDIT DELIVERY; GRAMEEN BANK; RURAL POOR;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0030322348     PISSN: 01161105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s0116110596000048     Document Type: Article

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