Urban pulse-urbanizing microfinance: Examples from India

Urban Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 685-693

  Maringanti, Anant ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

India; Microfinance; Urban poverty

Indexed keywords

HOUSING PROVISION; MARKET SYSTEM; MICROFINANCE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBANIZATION; WELFARE PROVISION;

INDIA;

EID: 73449130173     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.30.7.685     Document Type: Article

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