Socio-economic impacts of microfinance and repayment performance: A case study of the Small Enterprise Foundation, South Africa

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-210

  Hietalahti, Johanna ^a   Linden, Mikael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Field research; Microcredits; Repayment performance; South Africa; The Small Enterprise Foundation; Women's welfare

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; MICROFINANCE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WOMENS ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33751400373     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1464993406ps138oa     Document Type: Article

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