Funding the home-based enterprise: Finance and credit in developing country livelihoods

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-159

  Tipple, Graham ^a   Coulson, Justine ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Marie Stopes Uganda   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CREDIT PROVISION; DEVELOPING WORLD; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; LENDING BEHAVIOR; MICROFINANCE; UNITED NATIONS;

AFRICA; ASIA; BOLIVIA; COCHABAMBA [BOLIVIA]; DELHI; EAST JAVA; EURASIA; GAUTENG; INDIA; INDONESIA; NEW DELHI; PRETORIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SURABAYA;

EID: 34547244060     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.29.2.1     Document Type: Article

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