Placement and outreach of group-based credit organizations: The cases of ASA, BRAC, and PROSHIKA in Bangladesh

World Development

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2123-2136

  Sharma, Manohar ^a   Zeller, Manfred ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0033454040     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00106-0     Document Type: Article

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