Loan officers and loan 'delinquency' in Microfinance: A Zambian case

Accounting Forum

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-71

  Dixon, Rob ^a   Ritchie, John ^a   Siwale, Juliana ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finance; Loan delinquency; Loan officers; Microfinance Institutions; Poverty; Zambia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847246475     PISSN: 01559982     EISSN: 14676303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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