The costly business of trust

Development Policy Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 321-342

  Casson, Mark ^a   Della Guista, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; MICROFINANCE; PLANNING METHOD; PROJECT ASSESSMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 2342444137     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2004.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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