Do regulated microfinance institutions achieve better sustainability and outreach? Cross-country evidence

Applied Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1207-1222

  Hartarska, Valentina ^a   Nadolnyak, Denis ^b  

^a Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; MICROFINANCE; SAVINGS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 34447334525     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500461840     Document Type: Article

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