The life-cycle of a microfinance institution: The Irish loan funds

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 291-311

  Hollis, Aidan ^a   Sweetman, Arthur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ireland; Microfinance; N23; New institutional economics; O16

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041365486     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(01)00179-2     Document Type: Article

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