Microenterprise finance: is there a conflict between growth and poverty alleviation?

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 783-790

  Mosley, Paul ^a   Hulme, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL PROVISION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MICROFINANCE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

MALAWI;

EID: 0032077789     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00021-7     Document Type: Article

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