The Kuyasa Fund: Housing microcredit in South Africa

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 457-469

  Mills, Sophie ^a  

^a NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Development; Housing; Microcredit; Microfinance; Poverty; South Africa

Indexed keywords

HOUSING FINANCE; HOUSING PROVISION; LOW INCOME HOUSING; MICROFINANCE; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; POVERTY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34848875786     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247807082825     Document Type: Article

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