Microenterprise, global poverty and social development

International Social Work

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Midgley, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microenterprise; Microfinance; Millennium Development Goals; Poverty; Social development

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949263772     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872808090240     Document Type: Review

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