Distant voices: The views of the field workers of NGOs in Bangladesh on microcredit

Geographical Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-74

  Ahmad, Mokbul Morshed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Microcredit; NGOs; Poverty

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; MICROENTERPRISE; MICROFINANCE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0037364554     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4959.04924     Document Type: Article

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