The role of co-operatives in poverty reduction: Network perspectives

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2131-2140

  Simmons, Richard ^a   Birchall, Johnston ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co operatives; Global to local; Networks; Poverty reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 53449089420     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2008.04.016     Document Type: Article

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