Mainstreaming Microfinance: Social Performance Management or Mission Drift?

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1721-1738

  Copestake, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

banking; microfinance; performance management; poverty

Indexed keywords

BANKING; FINANCIAL SERVICES; MICROFINANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; POVERTY;

EID: 35248837329     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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