What's wrong and right with microfinance

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 46, Issue 48, 2011, Pages 23-26

  Hulme, David ^a,b   Arun, Thankom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84859257129     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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