Does Self Help Group Participation Lead to Asset Creation?

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1674-1682

  Swain, Ranjula Bali ^a,b   Varghese, Adel ^a,b,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IFMR   (India)

Author keywords

Asia; assets; impact studies; India; microfinance; Self Help Groups

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; INFORMAL SECTOR; LENDING BEHAVIOR; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MICROFINANCE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SELF HELP;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 69349084938     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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