Financial inclusion, universal banking and post offices in Britain

Area

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 277-285

  Midgley, J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Financial exclusion; Post Office network; Universal banking

Indexed keywords

BANKING; FINANCIAL PROVISION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 29144526742     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2005.00631.x     Document Type: Review

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