Micro-credit and micro-finance: Functional and conceptual differences

Development in Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 476-483

  Qudrat I Elahi, Khandakar ^a   Rahman, M Lutfor ^a  

^a BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; MICROFINANCE;

EID: 33746608212     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614520600792481     Document Type: Article

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