Can micro-credit bring development?

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-21

  Ahlin, Christian ^a   Jiang, Neville ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Inequality; Long run development; Micro credit; Occupational choice; Poverty

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POVERTY; SAVINGS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 39549091062     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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