The group-lending model and social closure: Microcredit, exclusion, and health in Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 518-527

  Schurmann, Anna T ^a   Johnston, Heidi Bart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Economic assistance; Exclusion; Group lending model; Health equity; Health status; Microcredit; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849099751     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v27i4.3398     Document Type: Article

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