Is there a difference in performance by the legal status of microfinance institutions?

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 436-442

  Tchakoute Tchuigoua, Hubert ^a  

^a Groupe ESC Troyes en Champagne   (France)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Governance; Legal form; Microfinance; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957257706     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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