From tackling poverty to achieving financial inclusion-The changing role of British credit unions in low income communities

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2141-2154

  Jones, Paul A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co operatives; Credit unions; Financial inclusion; Financial services; Low income communities; Organisational reform; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549099144     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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