The "moral hazards" of microfinance: Restructuring rural credit in India

Antipode

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 201-223

  Young, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Microfinance; Moral hazard; Neoliberalism

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; MICROFINANCE; NEOLIBERALISM; RURAL ECONOMY;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA;

EID: 74949107513     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2009.00737.x     Document Type: Article

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