From margin to mainstream: Microfinance, women's work and social change in the Philippines

Urban Anthropology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-383

  Milgram, B Lynne ^a  

^a OCAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROENTERPRISE; MICROFINANCE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33646582982     PISSN: 08946019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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