Asset building and poverty reduction in Ghana: The case of microfinance

Savings and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-292

  Adjei, Joseph ^a   Arun, Thankom ^a   Hossain, Farhad ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Asset building; Financial sustainability; Ghana; Microfinance; Poverty reduction; Sub saharan africa

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SERVICES; MICROFINANCE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SAVINGS BEHAVIOR; SUSTAINABILITY;

GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 77953163580     PISSN: 03934551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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