The funding of credit unions - Where has all the money gone?

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-252

  Chambers, Clare ^a   Ryder, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Credit union models of development; Credit unions; Financial exclusion; Government policy; Growth Fund

Indexed keywords

EID: 57149097468     PISSN: 09649069     EISSN: 14699621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09649060802550717     Document Type: Article

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