Women's economic empowerment through microfinance in Cambodia;Autonomisation économique des femmes à travers le microfinancement au Cambodge

Development in Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1122-1137

  Chhay, Daraka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Labour and livelihoods microfinance; South Asia; East Asia

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPOWERMENT; INCOME; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MICROENTERPRISE; MICROFINANCE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

FAR EAST; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84860796650     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2011.606891     Document Type: Article

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