The promise and peril of microfinance commercialization

Small Enterprise Development

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 12-21

  Woller, Gary ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; FINANCIAL PROVISION; FINANCIAL SERVICES; MICROFINANCE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SAVINGS;

EID: 0036928385     PISSN: 09571329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3362/0957-1329.2002.042     Document Type: Article

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