Microfinance for community development, poverty alleviation and natural resource management in peri-urban Hubli-Dharwad, India

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 149-163

  Brook, Robert M ^a   Hillyer, Karen J ^a   Bhuvaneshwari, G ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Income generating activity; Microcredit; Non government organization; Self help group

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MICROFINANCE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PERIURBAN AREA; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; DHARWAD; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 41049089242     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247808089153     Document Type: Article

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