Microfinance is dead! Long live microfinance! Critical reflections on two decades of microfinance policy and practice

Enterprise Development and Microfinance

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-303

  Johnson, Susan ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empowerment of women; Financial inclusion; Financial sustainability; Financial systems approach; Microfinance; Reaching the poorest

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; FINANCIAL POLICY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; MICROFINANCE; POVERTY; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 78649915634     PISSN: 17551978     EISSN: 17551986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.2009.033     Document Type: Article

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