Great expectations: Microfinance and poverty reduction in Asia and Latin America

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 391-416

  Weiss, John ^a   Montgomery, Heather ^a  

^a ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MICROFINANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 27744484691     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: 14699966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600810500199210     Document Type: Article

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