Financial sector development and the millennium development goals

World Bank Working Paper

Volumn , Issue 89, 2006, Pages 1-106

  Claessens, Stijn ^a   Feijen, Erik ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL SERVICES; GENDER; INCOME; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POVERTY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 34248656463     PISSN: 17265878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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