Microfinance, social capital formation and political development in Russia and eastern Europe: A pilot study of programmes in Russia, Slovakia and Romania

Journal of International Development

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 407-427

  Mosley, Paul ^a   Olejarova, Daniela ^b   Alexeeva, Elena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Integra Foundation   (Slovakia)

^c FORA Fund   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MICROFINANCE; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SLOVAKIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2142698190     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1085     Document Type: Article

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