Who gets the goodies? an examination of microenterprise credit in jamaica

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 313-334

  Honig, Benson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency theory.; Financing new ventures; Local enterprise initiatives; Ngos; Social capital

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; LENDING BEHAVIOR; MICROENTERPRISE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

JAMAICA;

EID: 0032446432     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985629800000018     Document Type: Article

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