Central banks, employment, and gender in developing countries

Questioning Financial Governance from a Feminist Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 90-109

  Braunstein, Elissa ^a   Heintz, James ^b  

^a Department of Environmental Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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