Microfinance and social capital: Does social capital help create good practice?

Development in Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 322-332

  Ito, Sanae ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL PROVISION; KNOWLEDGE; MICROFINANCE; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 0042919309     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0961452032000112383     Document Type: Article

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