Financing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana

Journal of African Business

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-55

  Quartey, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to finance; Credit; Growth; Small and medium enterprises

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; FINANCIAL PROVISION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

GHANA;

EID: 0037237428     PISSN: 15228916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J156v04n01_03     Document Type: Article

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