Women, microfinance, and savings: Lessons and proposals

Development in Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 602-612

  Vonderlack, Rebecca M ^a   Schreiner, Mark ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; MICROFINANCE; SAVINGS; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 0036865488     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0961452022000017614     Document Type: Article

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