Gender relations, empowerment and microcredit: Moving on from a lost decade

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 224-248

  Johnson, Susan ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; GENDER RELATIONS; MICROFINANCE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 22144495428     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09578810500130831     Document Type: Article

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