Finance for small enterprise growth and poverty reduction in developing countries

Journal of International Development

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1017-1030

  Green, Christopher J ^a   Kirkpatrick, Colin H ^b   Murinde, Victor ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Small enterprise finance

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FINANCIAL POLICY; FINANCIAL PROVISION; MICROENTERPRISE; MICROFINANCE; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

EID: 33750343181     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1334     Document Type: Article

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