'Freedom from poverty is not for free': Rural development and the microfinance crisis in Andhra Pradesh, India

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 484-504

  Taylor, Marcus ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrarian crisis; Andhra Pradesh; Debt; Farmer suicides; Microfinance

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; DEBT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; MICROFINANCE; NEOLIBERALISM; POVERTY; PRIVATE SECTOR; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA;

EID: 80053079616     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2011.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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