The impact of microcredit programs on self-employment profits: Do noncredit program aspects matter?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-115

  McKernan, Signe Mary ^a  

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EID: 0036005229     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465302317331946     Document Type: Review

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