A 20/20 retrospective on enterprise development: In search of impact, scale and sustainability

Enterprise Development and Microfinance

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 304-322

  Jones, Linda ^a   Miehlbradt, Alexandra ^a  

^a SEEP Board ^*

Author keywords

BDS; Non financial services; Poverty focus; Small enterprise development; Subsector analysis; Systems approaches; Value chains

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL SERVICES; POVERTY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

EID: 79952955683     PISSN: 17551978     EISSN: 17551986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.2009.034     Document Type: Article

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