Microenterprise finance: Is there a conflict between growth and poverty alleviation?

Microfinance: A Reader

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 65-76

  Mosley, Paul ^a   Hulme, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77954475693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203882764     Document Type: Chapter

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