Factors explaining the rating of microfinance institutions

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 439-464

  Gutirrez Nieto, Begoa ^a   Serrano Cinca, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accounting ratios; Microcredit; Microfinance Institutions (MFIs); Rating; Social performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548066063     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764006296055     Document Type: Article

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