The impact of micro-credit on poverty: Evidence from Bangladesh

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 298-309

  Chowdhury, M Jahangir Alam ^a   Ghosh, Dipak ^b   Wright, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; Bangladesh; duration; micro credit; objective poverty; subjective poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249178133     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1464993405ps116oa     Document Type: Article

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