Micro credit in Chiapas, México: Poverty reduction through group lending

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 88, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 283-299

  Barboza, Gustavo ^a   Trejos, Sandra ^a  

^a CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Joint liability and group lending; Micro Credit; Poverty reduction; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 74249112765     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0286-7     Document Type: Article

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