The development of credit unions and their role in tackling financial exclusion

Public Money and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-44

  McKillop, Donal G ^a   Ward, Anne Marie ^a   Wilson, John O S ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846569957     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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